What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14550 and 14556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14550 and 14556 is 6.

GCF(14550,14556) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14550 and 14556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14550 and 14556.

How to find the GCF of 14550 and 14556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14550 and 14556. After we will calculate the factors of 14550 and 14556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14550

Prime factors of 14550 are 2, 3, 5, 97. Prime factorization of 14550 in exponential form is:

14550 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 97¹

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 14550

List of positive integer factors of 14550 that divides 14550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 97, 150, 194, 291, 485, 582, 970, 1455, 2425, 2910, 4850, 7275

Step-4: Factors of 14556

List of positive integer factors of 14556 that divides 14550 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 14550 and 14556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14550 and 14556 is 6.

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