What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14678 and 14684?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14678 and 14684 is 2.

GCF(14678,14684) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14678 and 14684, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14678 and 14684.

How to find the GCF of 14678 and 14684?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14678 and 14684. After we will calculate the factors of 14678 and 14684 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14678

Prime factors of 14678 are 2, 41, 179. Prime factorization of 14678 in exponential form is:

14678 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14684

Prime factors of 14684 are 2, 3671. Prime factorization of 14684 in exponential form is:

14684 = 2² × 3671¹

Step-3: Factors of 14678

List of positive integer factors of 14678 that divides 14678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 179, 358, 7339

Step-4: Factors of 14684

List of positive integer factors of 14684 that divides 14678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3671, 7342

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14678 and 14684. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14678 and 14684 is 2.

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