What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14766 and 14778?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14766 and 14778 is 6.

GCF(14766,14778) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14766 and 14778, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14766 and 14778.

How to find the GCF of 14766 and 14778?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14766 and 14778. After we will calculate the factors of 14766 and 14778 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14766

Prime factors of 14766 are 2, 3, 23, 107. Prime factorization of 14766 in exponential form is:

14766 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14778

Prime factors of 14778 are 2, 3, 821. Prime factorization of 14778 in exponential form is:

14778 = 2¹ × 3² × 821¹

Step-3: Factors of 14766

List of positive integer factors of 14766 that divides 14766 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 107, 138, 214, 321, 642, 2461, 4922, 7383

Step-4: Factors of 14778

List of positive integer factors of 14778 that divides 14766 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 821, 1642, 2463, 4926, 7389

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14766 and 14778. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14766 and 14778 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14766 and 14778