What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14772 and 14781?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14772 and 14781 is 3.

GCF(14772,14781) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14772 and 14781, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14772 and 14781.

How to find the GCF of 14772 and 14781?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14772 and 14781. After we will calculate the factors of 14772 and 14781 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14781

Prime factors of 14781 are 3, 13, 379. Prime factorization of 14781 in exponential form is:

14781 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 379¹

Step-3: Factors of 14772

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 14781

List of positive integer factors of 14781 that divides 14772 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 379, 1137, 4927

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14772 and 14781. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14772 and 14781 is 3.

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