What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14720 and 14727?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14720 and 14727 is 1.

GCF(14720,14727) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14720 and 14727, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14720 and 14727.

How to find the GCF of 14720 and 14727?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14720 and 14727. After we will calculate the factors of 14720 and 14727 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14720

Prime factors of 14720 are 2, 5, 23. Prime factorization of 14720 in exponential form is:

14720 = 2⁷ × 5¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14727

Prime factors of 14727 are 3, 4909. Prime factorization of 14727 in exponential form is:

14727 = 3¹ × 4909¹

Step-3: Factors of 14720

List of positive integer factors of 14720 that divides 14720 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 23, 32, 40, 46, 64, 80, 92, 115, 128, 160, 184, 230, 320, 368, 460, 640, 736, 920, 1472, 1840, 2944, 3680, 7360

Step-4: Factors of 14727

List of positive integer factors of 14727 that divides 14720 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4909

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14720 and 14727. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14720 and 14727 is 1.

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