What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14487 and 14496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14487 and 14496 is 3.

GCF(14487,14496) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14487 and 14496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14487 and 14496.

How to find the GCF of 14487 and 14496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14487 and 14496. After we will calculate the factors of 14487 and 14496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14487

Prime factors of 14487 are 3, 11, 439. Prime factorization of 14487 in exponential form is:

14487 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14496

Prime factors of 14496 are 2, 3, 151. Prime factorization of 14496 in exponential form is:

14496 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 14487

List of positive integer factors of 14487 that divides 14487 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 439, 1317, 4829

Step-4: Factors of 14496

List of positive integer factors of 14496 that divides 14487 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 151, 302, 453, 604, 906, 1208, 1812, 2416, 3624, 4832, 7248

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14487 and 14496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14487 and 14496 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14487 and 14496