What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14730 and 14744?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14730 and 14744 is 2.

GCF(14730,14744) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14730 and 14744, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14730 and 14744.

How to find the GCF of 14730 and 14744?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14730 and 14744. After we will calculate the factors of 14730 and 14744 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14730

Prime factors of 14730 are 2, 3, 5, 491. Prime factorization of 14730 in exponential form is:

14730 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14744

Prime factors of 14744 are 2, 19, 97. Prime factorization of 14744 in exponential form is:

14744 = 2³ × 19¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 14730

List of positive integer factors of 14730 that divides 14730 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 491, 982, 1473, 2455, 2946, 4910, 7365

Step-4: Factors of 14744

List of positive integer factors of 14744 that divides 14730 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 76, 97, 152, 194, 388, 776, 1843, 3686, 7372

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14730 and 14744. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14730 and 14744 is 2.

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