What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14518 and 14536?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14518 and 14536 is 2.

GCF(14518,14536) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14518 and 14536, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14518 and 14536.

How to find the GCF of 14518 and 14536?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14518 and 14536. After we will calculate the factors of 14518 and 14536 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14536

Prime factors of 14536 are 2, 23, 79. Prime factorization of 14536 in exponential form is:

14536 = 2³ × 23¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 14518

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 14536

List of positive integer factors of 14536 that divides 14518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 79, 92, 158, 184, 316, 632, 1817, 3634, 7268

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14518 and 14536. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14518 and 14536 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14518 and 14536