What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14466 and 14478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14466 and 14478 is 6.

GCF(14466,14478) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14466 and 14478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14466 and 14478.

How to find the GCF of 14466 and 14478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14466 and 14478. After we will calculate the factors of 14466 and 14478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14466

Prime factors of 14466 are 2, 3, 2411. Prime factorization of 14466 in exponential form is:

14466 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 2411¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14478

Prime factors of 14478 are 2, 3, 19, 127. Prime factorization of 14478 in exponential form is:

14478 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 14466

List of positive integer factors of 14466 that divides 14466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2411, 4822, 7233

Step-4: Factors of 14478

List of positive integer factors of 14478 that divides 14466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 127, 254, 381, 762, 2413, 4826, 7239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14466 and 14478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14466 and 14478 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14466 and 14478