What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14472 and 14481?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14472 and 14481 is 9.

GCF(14472,14481) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14472 and 14481, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14472 and 14481.

How to find the GCF of 14472 and 14481?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14472 and 14481. After we will calculate the factors of 14472 and 14481 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14481

Prime factors of 14481 are 3, 1609. Prime factorization of 14481 in exponential form is:

14481 = 3² × 1609¹

Step-3: Factors of 14472

List of positive integer factors of 14472 that divides 14472 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

Step-4: Factors of 14481

List of positive integer factors of 14481 that divides 14472 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1609, 4827

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14472 and 14481. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14472 and 14481 is 9.

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