What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14342 and 14360?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14342 and 14360 is 2.

GCF(14342,14360) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14342 and 14360, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14342 and 14360.

How to find the GCF of 14342 and 14360?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14342 and 14360. After we will calculate the factors of 14342 and 14360 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14342

Prime factors of 14342 are 2, 71, 101. Prime factorization of 14342 in exponential form is:

14342 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14360

Prime factors of 14360 are 2, 5, 359. Prime factorization of 14360 in exponential form is:

14360 = 2³ × 5¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 14342

List of positive integer factors of 14342 that divides 14342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 101, 142, 202, 7171

Step-4: Factors of 14360

List of positive integer factors of 14360 that divides 14342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 359, 718, 1436, 1795, 2872, 3590, 7180

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14342 and 14360. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14342 and 14360 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14342 and 14360