What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14694 and 14709?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14694 and 14709 is 3.

GCF(14694,14709) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14694 and 14709, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14694 and 14709.

How to find the GCF of 14694 and 14709?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14694 and 14709. After we will calculate the factors of 14694 and 14709 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14694

Prime factors of 14694 are 2, 3, 31, 79. Prime factorization of 14694 in exponential form is:

14694 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14709

Prime factors of 14709 are 3, 4903. Prime factorization of 14709 in exponential form is:

14709 = 3¹ × 4903¹

Step-3: Factors of 14694

List of positive integer factors of 14694 that divides 14694 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 79, 93, 158, 186, 237, 474, 2449, 4898, 7347

Step-4: Factors of 14709

List of positive integer factors of 14709 that divides 14694 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4903

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14694 and 14709. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14694 and 14709 is 3.

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