What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14356 and 14372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14356 and 14372 is 4.

GCF(14356,14372) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14356 and 14372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14356 and 14372.

How to find the GCF of 14356 and 14372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14356 and 14372. After we will calculate the factors of 14356 and 14372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14356

Prime factors of 14356 are 2, 37, 97. Prime factorization of 14356 in exponential form is:

14356 = 2² × 37¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14372

Prime factors of 14372 are 2, 3593. Prime factorization of 14372 in exponential form is:

14372 = 2² × 3593¹

Step-3: Factors of 14356

List of positive integer factors of 14356 that divides 14356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 37, 74, 97, 148, 194, 388, 3589, 7178

Step-4: Factors of 14372

List of positive integer factors of 14372 that divides 14356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3593, 7186

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14356 and 14372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14356 and 14372 is 4.

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