What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14757 and 14772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14757 and 14772 is 3.

GCF(14757,14772) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14757 and 14772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14757 and 14772.

How to find the GCF of 14757 and 14772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14757 and 14772. After we will calculate the factors of 14757 and 14772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14757

Prime factors of 14757 are 3, 4919. Prime factorization of 14757 in exponential form is:

14757 = 3¹ × 4919¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14772

Prime factors of 14772 are 2, 3, 1231. Prime factorization of 14772 in exponential form is:

14772 = 2² × 3¹ × 1231¹

Step-3: Factors of 14757

List of positive integer factors of 14757 that divides 14757 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4919

Step-4: Factors of 14772

List of positive integer factors of 14772 that divides 14757 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1231, 2462, 3693, 4924, 7386

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14757 and 14772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14757 and 14772 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14757 and 14772