What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14424 and 14444?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14424 and 14444 is 4.

GCF(14424,14444) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14424 and 14444, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14424 and 14444.

How to find the GCF of 14424 and 14444?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14424 and 14444. After we will calculate the factors of 14424 and 14444 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14424

Prime factors of 14424 are 2, 3, 601. Prime factorization of 14424 in exponential form is:

14424 = 2³ × 3¹ × 601¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14444

Prime factors of 14444 are 2, 23, 157. Prime factorization of 14444 in exponential form is:

14444 = 2² × 23¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 14424

List of positive integer factors of 14424 that divides 14424 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 601, 1202, 1803, 2404, 3606, 4808, 7212

Step-4: Factors of 14444

List of positive integer factors of 14444 that divides 14424 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 157, 314, 628, 3611, 7222

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14424 and 14444. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14424 and 14444 is 4.

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