What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14661 and 14670?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14661 and 14670 is 9.

GCF(14661,14670) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14661 and 14670, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14661 and 14670.

How to find the GCF of 14661 and 14670?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14661 and 14670. After we will calculate the factors of 14661 and 14670 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 14670

Prime factors of 14670 are 2, 3, 5, 163. Prime factorization of 14670 in exponential form is:

14670 = 2¹ × 3² × 5¹ × 163¹

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 14670

List of positive integer factors of 14670 that divides 14661 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, 90, 163, 326, 489, 815, 978, 1467, 1630, 2445, 2934, 4890, 7335

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14661 and 14670. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14661 and 14670 is 9.

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