What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14316 and 14336?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14316 and 14336 is 4.

GCF(14316,14336) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14316 and 14336, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14316 and 14336.

How to find the GCF of 14316 and 14336?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14316 and 14336. After we will calculate the factors of 14316 and 14336 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14336

Prime factors of 14336 are 2, 7. Prime factorization of 14336 in exponential form is:

14336 = 2¹¹ × 7¹

Step-3: Factors of 14316

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 14336

List of positive integer factors of 14336 that divides 14316 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 64, 112, 128, 224, 256, 448, 512, 896, 1024, 1792, 2048, 3584, 7168

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14316 and 14336. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14316 and 14336 is 4.

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