What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14686 and 14692?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14686 and 14692 is 2.

GCF(14686,14692) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14686 and 14692, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14686 and 14692.

How to find the GCF of 14686 and 14692?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14686 and 14692. After we will calculate the factors of 14686 and 14692 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14686

Prime factors of 14686 are 2, 7, 1049. Prime factorization of 14686 in exponential form is:

14686 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1049¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14692

Prime factors of 14692 are 2, 3673. Prime factorization of 14692 in exponential form is:

14692 = 2² × 3673¹

Step-3: Factors of 14686

List of positive integer factors of 14686 that divides 14686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1049, 2098, 7343

Step-4: Factors of 14692

List of positive integer factors of 14692 that divides 14686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3673, 7346

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14686 and 14692. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14686 and 14692 is 2.

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