What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14494 and 14502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14494 and 14502 is 2.

GCF(14494,14502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14494 and 14502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14494 and 14502.

How to find the GCF of 14494 and 14502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14494 and 14502. After we will calculate the factors of 14494 and 14502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14494

Prime factors of 14494 are 2, 7247. Prime factorization of 14494 in exponential form is:

14494 = 2¹ × 7247¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14502

Prime factors of 14502 are 2, 3, 2417. Prime factorization of 14502 in exponential form is:

14502 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 2417¹

Step-3: Factors of 14494

List of positive integer factors of 14494 that divides 14494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7247

Step-4: Factors of 14502

List of positive integer factors of 14502 that divides 14494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2417, 4834, 7251

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14494 and 14502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14494 and 14502 is 2.

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