What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14236 and 14248?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14236 and 14248 is 4.

GCF(14236,14248) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14236 and 14248, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14236 and 14248.

How to find the GCF of 14236 and 14248?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14236 and 14248. After we will calculate the factors of 14236 and 14248 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14236

Prime factors of 14236 are 2, 3559. Prime factorization of 14236 in exponential form is:

14236 = 2² × 3559¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14248

Prime factors of 14248 are 2, 13, 137. Prime factorization of 14248 in exponential form is:

14248 = 2³ × 13¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 14236

List of positive integer factors of 14236 that divides 14236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3559, 7118

Step-4: Factors of 14248

List of positive integer factors of 14248 that divides 14236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 137, 274, 548, 1096, 1781, 3562, 7124

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14236 and 14248. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14236 and 14248 is 4.

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