What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14572 and 14576?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14572 and 14576 is 4.

GCF(14572,14576) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14572 and 14576, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14572 and 14576.

How to find the GCF of 14572 and 14576?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14572 and 14576. After we will calculate the factors of 14572 and 14576 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14572

Prime factors of 14572 are 2, 3643. Prime factorization of 14572 in exponential form is:

14572 = 2² × 3643¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14576

Prime factors of 14576 are 2, 911. Prime factorization of 14576 in exponential form is:

14576 = 2⁴ × 911¹

Step-3: Factors of 14572

List of positive integer factors of 14572 that divides 14572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3643, 7286

Step-4: Factors of 14576

List of positive integer factors of 14576 that divides 14572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 911, 1822, 3644, 7288

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14572 and 14576. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14572 and 14576 is 4.

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