What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14698 and 14704?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14698 and 14704 is 2.

GCF(14698,14704) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14698 and 14704, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14698 and 14704.

How to find the GCF of 14698 and 14704?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14698 and 14704. After we will calculate the factors of 14698 and 14704 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14698

Prime factors of 14698 are 2, 7349. Prime factorization of 14698 in exponential form is:

14698 = 2¹ × 7349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14704

Prime factors of 14704 are 2, 919. Prime factorization of 14704 in exponential form is:

14704 = 2⁴ × 919¹

Step-3: Factors of 14698

List of positive integer factors of 14698 that divides 14698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7349

Step-4: Factors of 14704

List of positive integer factors of 14704 that divides 14698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 919, 1838, 3676, 7352

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14698 and 14704. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14698 and 14704 is 2.

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