What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14457 and 14472?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14457 and 14472 is 3.

GCF(14457,14472) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14457 and 14472, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14457 and 14472.

How to find the GCF of 14457 and 14472?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14457 and 14472. After we will calculate the factors of 14457 and 14472 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14457

Prime factors of 14457 are 3, 61, 79. Prime factorization of 14457 in exponential form is:

14457 = 3¹ × 61¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14472

Prime factors of 14472 are 2, 3, 67. Prime factorization of 14472 in exponential form is:

14472 = 2³ × 3³ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 14457

List of positive integer factors of 14457 that divides 14457 without a remainder.

1, 3, 61, 79, 183, 237, 4819

Step-4: Factors of 14472

List of positive integer factors of 14472 that divides 14457 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 27, 36, 54, 67, 72, 108, 134, 201, 216, 268, 402, 536, 603, 804, 1206, 1608, 1809, 2412, 3618, 4824, 7236

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14457 and 14472. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14457 and 14472 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14457 and 14472