What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14772 and 14786?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14772 and 14786 is 2.

GCF(14772,14786) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14772 and 14786, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14772 and 14786.

How to find the GCF of 14772 and 14786?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14772 and 14786. After we will calculate the factors of 14772 and 14786 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 14786

Prime factors of 14786 are 2, 7393. Prime factorization of 14786 in exponential form is:

14786 = 2¹ × 7393¹

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 14786

List of positive integer factors of 14786 that divides 14772 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14772 and 14786. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14772 and 14786 is 2.

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