What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14685 and 14700?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14685 and 14700 is 15.

GCF(14685,14700) = 15

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14685 and 14700, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14685 and 14700.

How to find the GCF of 14685 and 14700?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14685 and 14700. After we will calculate the factors of 14685 and 14700 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14685

Prime factors of 14685 are 3, 5, 11, 89. Prime factorization of 14685 in exponential form is:

14685 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14700

Prime factors of 14700 are 2, 3, 5, 7. Prime factorization of 14700 in exponential form is:

14700 = 2² × 3¹ × 5² × 7²

Step-3: Factors of 14685

List of positive integer factors of 14685 that divides 14685 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 33, 55, 89, 165, 267, 445, 979, 1335, 2937, 4895

Step-4: Factors of 14700

List of positive integer factors of 14700 that divides 14685 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21, 25, 28, 30, 35, 42, 49, 50, 60, 70, 75, 84, 98, 100, 105, 140, 147, 150, 175, 196, 210, 245, 294, 300, 350, 420, 490, 525, 588, 700, 735, 980, 1050, 1225, 1470, 2100, 2450, 2940, 3675, 4900, 7350

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14685 and 14700. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14685 and 14700 is 15.

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