What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14798 and 14816?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14798 and 14816 is 2.

GCF(14798,14816) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14798 and 14816, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14798 and 14816.

How to find the GCF of 14798 and 14816?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14798 and 14816. After we will calculate the factors of 14798 and 14816 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14798

Prime factors of 14798 are 2, 7, 151. Prime factorization of 14798 in exponential form is:

14798 = 2¹ × 7² × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14816

Prime factors of 14816 are 2, 463. Prime factorization of 14816 in exponential form is:

14816 = 2⁵ × 463¹

Step-3: Factors of 14798

List of positive integer factors of 14798 that divides 14798 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 151, 302, 1057, 2114, 7399

Step-4: Factors of 14816

List of positive integer factors of 14816 that divides 14798 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 463, 926, 1852, 3704, 7408

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14798 and 14816. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14798 and 14816 is 2.

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