What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14732 and 14746?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14732 and 14746 is 2.

GCF(14732,14746) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14732 and 14746, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14732 and 14746.

How to find the GCF of 14732 and 14746?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14732 and 14746. After we will calculate the factors of 14732 and 14746 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14732

Prime factors of 14732 are 2, 29, 127. Prime factorization of 14732 in exponential form is:

14732 = 2² × 29¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14746

Prime factors of 14746 are 2, 73, 101. Prime factorization of 14746 in exponential form is:

14746 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 14732

List of positive integer factors of 14732 that divides 14732 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 116, 127, 254, 508, 3683, 7366

Step-4: Factors of 14746

List of positive integer factors of 14746 that divides 14732 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 101, 146, 202, 7373

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14732 and 14746. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14732 and 14746 is 2.

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