What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14498 and 14518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14498 and 14518 is 2.

GCF(14498,14518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14498 and 14518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14498 and 14518.

How to find the GCF of 14498 and 14518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14498 and 14518. After we will calculate the factors of 14498 and 14518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14498

Prime factors of 14498 are 2, 11, 659. Prime factorization of 14498 in exponential form is:

14498 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14518

Prime factors of 14518 are 2, 7, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 14518 in exponential form is:

14518 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 14498

List of positive integer factors of 14498 that divides 14498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 659, 1318, 7249

Step-4: Factors of 14518

List of positive integer factors of 14518 that divides 14498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 34, 61, 119, 122, 238, 427, 854, 1037, 2074, 7259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14498 and 14518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14498 and 14518 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14498 and 14518