What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14442 and 14450?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14442 and 14450 is 2.

GCF(14442,14450) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14442 and 14450, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14442 and 14450.

How to find the GCF of 14442 and 14450?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14442 and 14450. After we will calculate the factors of 14442 and 14450 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14442

Prime factors of 14442 are 2, 3, 29, 83. Prime factorization of 14442 in exponential form is:

14442 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14450

Prime factors of 14450 are 2, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 14450 in exponential form is:

14450 = 2¹ × 5² × 17²

Step-3: Factors of 14442

List of positive integer factors of 14442 that divides 14442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 83, 87, 166, 174, 249, 498, 2407, 4814, 7221

Step-4: Factors of 14450

List of positive integer factors of 14450 that divides 14442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 25, 34, 50, 85, 170, 289, 425, 578, 850, 1445, 2890, 7225

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14442 and 14450. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14442 and 14450 is 2.

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