What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14634 and 14646?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14634 and 14646 is 6.

GCF(14634,14646) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14634 and 14646, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14634 and 14646.

How to find the GCF of 14634 and 14646?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14634 and 14646. After we will calculate the factors of 14634 and 14646 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14634

Prime factors of 14634 are 2, 3, 271. Prime factorization of 14634 in exponential form is:

14634 = 2¹ × 3³ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14646

Prime factors of 14646 are 2, 3, 2441. Prime factorization of 14646 in exponential form is:

14646 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 2441¹

Step-3: Factors of 14634

List of positive integer factors of 14634 that divides 14634 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 271, 542, 813, 1626, 2439, 4878, 7317

Step-4: Factors of 14646

List of positive integer factors of 14646 that divides 14634 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2441, 4882, 7323

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14634 and 14646. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14634 and 14646 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14634 and 14646