What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14730 and 14748?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14730 and 14748 is 6.

GCF(14730,14748) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14730 and 14748, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14730 and 14748.

How to find the GCF of 14730 and 14748?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14730 and 14748. After we will calculate the factors of 14730 and 14748 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 14748

Prime factors of 14748 are 2, 3, 1229. Prime factorization of 14748 in exponential form is:

14748 = 2² × 3¹ × 1229¹

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 14748

List of positive integer factors of 14748 that divides 14730 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1229, 2458, 3687, 4916, 7374

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14730 and 14748. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14730 and 14748 is 6.

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