What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14697 and 14712?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14697 and 14712 is 3.

GCF(14697,14712) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14697 and 14712, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14697 and 14712.

How to find the GCF of 14697 and 14712?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14697 and 14712. After we will calculate the factors of 14697 and 14712 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14697

Prime factors of 14697 are 3, 23, 71. Prime factorization of 14697 in exponential form is:

14697 = 3² × 23¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14712

Prime factors of 14712 are 2, 3, 613. Prime factorization of 14712 in exponential form is:

14712 = 2³ × 3¹ × 613¹

Step-3: Factors of 14697

List of positive integer factors of 14697 that divides 14697 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 69, 71, 207, 213, 639, 1633, 4899

Step-4: Factors of 14712

List of positive integer factors of 14712 that divides 14697 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 613, 1226, 1839, 2452, 3678, 4904, 7356

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14697 and 14712. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14697 and 14712 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14697 and 14712