What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14661 and 14667?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14661 and 14667 is 3.

GCF(14661,14667) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14661 and 14667, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14661 and 14667.

How to find the GCF of 14661 and 14667?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14661 and 14667. After we will calculate the factors of 14661 and 14667 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14661

Prime factors of 14661 are 3, 181. Prime factorization of 14661 in exponential form is:

14661 = 3⁴ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14667

Prime factors of 14667 are 3, 4889. Prime factorization of 14667 in exponential form is:

14667 = 3¹ × 4889¹

Step-3: Factors of 14661

List of positive integer factors of 14661 that divides 14661 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 181, 543, 1629, 4887

Step-4: Factors of 14667

List of positive integer factors of 14667 that divides 14661 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4889

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14661 and 14667. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14661 and 14667 is 3.

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