What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14792 and 14812?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14792 and 14812 is 4.

GCF(14792,14812) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14792 and 14812, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14792 and 14812.

How to find the GCF of 14792 and 14812?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14792 and 14812. After we will calculate the factors of 14792 and 14812 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14792

Prime factors of 14792 are 2, 43. Prime factorization of 14792 in exponential form is:

14792 = 2³ × 43²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14812

Prime factors of 14812 are 2, 7, 23. Prime factorization of 14812 in exponential form is:

14812 = 2² × 7¹ × 23²

Step-3: Factors of 14792

List of positive integer factors of 14792 that divides 14792 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 43, 86, 172, 344, 1849, 3698, 7396

Step-4: Factors of 14812

List of positive integer factors of 14812 that divides 14792 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 23, 28, 46, 92, 161, 322, 529, 644, 1058, 2116, 3703, 7406

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14792 and 14812. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14792 and 14812 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14792 and 14812