What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14696 and 14716?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14696 and 14716 is 4.

GCF(14696,14716) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14696 and 14716, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14696 and 14716.

How to find the GCF of 14696 and 14716?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14696 and 14716. After we will calculate the factors of 14696 and 14716 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14696

Prime factors of 14696 are 2, 11, 167. Prime factorization of 14696 in exponential form is:

14696 = 2³ × 11¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14716

Prime factors of 14716 are 2, 13, 283. Prime factorization of 14716 in exponential form is:

14716 = 2² × 13¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 14696

List of positive integer factors of 14696 that divides 14696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 167, 334, 668, 1336, 1837, 3674, 7348

Step-4: Factors of 14716

List of positive integer factors of 14716 that divides 14696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 283, 566, 1132, 3679, 7358

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14696 and 14716. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14696 and 14716 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14696 and 14716