What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14746 and 14750?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14746 and 14750 is 2.

GCF(14746,14750) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14746 and 14750, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14746 and 14750.

How to find the GCF of 14746 and 14750?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14746 and 14750. After we will calculate the factors of 14746 and 14750 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14750

Prime factors of 14750 are 2, 5, 59. Prime factorization of 14750 in exponential form is:

14750 = 2¹ × 5³ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 14746

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 14750

List of positive integer factors of 14750 that divides 14746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 59, 118, 125, 250, 295, 590, 1475, 2950, 7375

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14746 and 14750. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14746 and 14750 is 2.

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