What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14746 and 14762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14746 and 14762 is 2.

GCF(14746,14762) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14746 and 14762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14746 and 14762.

How to find the GCF of 14746 and 14762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14746 and 14762. After we will calculate the factors of 14746 and 14762 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 14762

Prime factors of 14762 are 2, 11, 61. Prime factorization of 14762 in exponential form is:

14762 = 2¹ × 11² × 61¹

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 14762

List of positive integer factors of 14762 that divides 14746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 61, 121, 122, 242, 671, 1342, 7381

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14746 and 14762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14746 and 14762 is 2.

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