What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14469 and 14478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14469 and 14478 is 3.

GCF(14469,14478) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14469 and 14478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14469 and 14478.

How to find the GCF of 14469 and 14478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14469 and 14478. After we will calculate the factors of 14469 and 14478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14469

Prime factors of 14469 are 3, 7, 13, 53. Prime factorization of 14469 in exponential form is:

14469 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 53¹

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 14469

List of positive integer factors of 14469 that divides 14469 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 39, 53, 91, 159, 273, 371, 689, 1113, 2067, 4823

Step-4: Factors of 14478

List of positive integer factors of 14478 that divides 14469 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 14469 and 14478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14469 and 14478 is 3.

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