What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14706 and 14712?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14706 and 14712 is 6.

GCF(14706,14712) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14706 and 14712, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14706 and 14712.

How to find the GCF of 14706 and 14712?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14706 and 14712. After we will calculate the factors of 14706 and 14712 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14706

Prime factors of 14706 are 2, 3, 19, 43. Prime factorization of 14706 in exponential form is:

14706 = 2¹ × 3² × 19¹ × 43¹

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 14706

List of positive integer factors of 14706 that divides 14706 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 19, 38, 43, 57, 86, 114, 129, 171, 258, 342, 387, 774, 817, 1634, 2451, 4902, 7353

Step-4: Factors of 14712

List of positive integer factors of 14712 that divides 14706 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 14706 and 14712. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14706 and 14712 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14706 and 14712