What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14422 and 14428?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14422 and 14428 is 2.

GCF(14422,14428) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14422 and 14428, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14422 and 14428.

How to find the GCF of 14422 and 14428?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14422 and 14428. After we will calculate the factors of 14422 and 14428 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14422

Prime factors of 14422 are 2, 7211. Prime factorization of 14422 in exponential form is:

14422 = 2¹ × 7211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14428

Prime factors of 14428 are 2, 3607. Prime factorization of 14428 in exponential form is:

14428 = 2² × 3607¹

Step-3: Factors of 14422

List of positive integer factors of 14422 that divides 14422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7211

Step-4: Factors of 14428

List of positive integer factors of 14428 that divides 14422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3607, 7214

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14422 and 14428. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14422 and 14428 is 2.

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