What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14304 and 14316?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14304 and 14316 is 12.

GCF(14304,14316) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14304 and 14316, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14304 and 14316.

How to find the GCF of 14304 and 14316?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14304 and 14316. After we will calculate the factors of 14304 and 14316 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14304

Prime factors of 14304 are 2, 3, 149. Prime factorization of 14304 in exponential form is:

14304 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14316

Prime factors of 14316 are 2, 3, 1193. Prime factorization of 14316 in exponential form is:

14316 = 2² × 3¹ × 1193¹

Step-3: Factors of 14304

List of positive integer factors of 14304 that divides 14304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 149, 298, 447, 596, 894, 1192, 1788, 2384, 3576, 4768, 7152

Step-4: Factors of 14316

List of positive integer factors of 14316 that divides 14304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1193, 2386, 3579, 4772, 7158

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14304 and 14316. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14304 and 14316 is 12.

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