What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14654 and 14662?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14654 and 14662 is 2.

GCF(14654,14662) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14654 and 14662, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14654 and 14662.

How to find the GCF of 14654 and 14662?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14654 and 14662. After we will calculate the factors of 14654 and 14662 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14654

Prime factors of 14654 are 2, 17, 431. Prime factorization of 14654 in exponential form is:

14654 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 431¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14662

Prime factors of 14662 are 2, 7331. Prime factorization of 14662 in exponential form is:

14662 = 2¹ × 7331¹

Step-3: Factors of 14654

List of positive integer factors of 14654 that divides 14654 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 431, 862, 7327

Step-4: Factors of 14662

List of positive integer factors of 14662 that divides 14654 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7331

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14654 and 14662. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14654 and 14662 is 2.

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