What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14362 and 14374?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14362 and 14374 is 2.

GCF(14362,14374) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14362 and 14374, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14362 and 14374.

How to find the GCF of 14362 and 14374?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14362 and 14374. After we will calculate the factors of 14362 and 14374 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14362

Prime factors of 14362 are 2, 43, 167. Prime factorization of 14362 in exponential form is:

14362 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14374

Prime factors of 14374 are 2, 7187. Prime factorization of 14374 in exponential form is:

14374 = 2¹ × 7187¹

Step-3: Factors of 14362

List of positive integer factors of 14362 that divides 14362 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 167, 334, 7181

Step-4: Factors of 14374

List of positive integer factors of 14374 that divides 14362 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7187

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14362 and 14374. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14362 and 14374 is 2.

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