What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14720 and 14729?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14720 and 14729 is 1.

GCF(14720,14729) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14720 and 14729, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14720 and 14729.

How to find the GCF of 14720 and 14729?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14720 and 14729. After we will calculate the factors of 14720 and 14729 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 14729

Prime factors of 14729 are 11, 13, 103. Prime factorization of 14729 in exponential form is:

14729 = 11¹ × 13¹ × 103¹

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 14729

List of positive integer factors of 14729 that divides 14720 without a remainder.

1, 11, 13, 103, 143, 1133, 1339

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14720 and 14729. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14720 and 14729 is 1.

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