What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14594 and 14612?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14594 and 14612 is 2.

GCF(14594,14612) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14594 and 14612, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14594 and 14612.

How to find the GCF of 14594 and 14612?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14594 and 14612. After we will calculate the factors of 14594 and 14612 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14594

Prime factors of 14594 are 2, 7297. Prime factorization of 14594 in exponential form is:

14594 = 2¹ × 7297¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14612

Prime factors of 14612 are 2, 13, 281. Prime factorization of 14612 in exponential form is:

14612 = 2² × 13¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 14594

List of positive integer factors of 14594 that divides 14594 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7297

Step-4: Factors of 14612

List of positive integer factors of 14612 that divides 14594 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 281, 562, 1124, 3653, 7306

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14594 and 14612. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14594 and 14612 is 2.

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