What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14542 and 14556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14542 and 14556 is 2.

GCF(14542,14556) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14542 and 14556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14542 and 14556.

How to find the GCF of 14542 and 14556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14542 and 14556. After we will calculate the factors of 14542 and 14556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14542

Prime factors of 14542 are 2, 11, 661. Prime factorization of 14542 in exponential form is:

14542 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 661¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14556

Prime factors of 14556 are 2, 3, 1213. Prime factorization of 14556 in exponential form is:

14556 = 2² × 3¹ × 1213¹

Step-3: Factors of 14542

List of positive integer factors of 14542 that divides 14542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 661, 1322, 7271

Step-4: Factors of 14556

List of positive integer factors of 14556 that divides 14542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1213, 2426, 3639, 4852, 7278

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14542 and 14556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14542 and 14556 is 2.

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