What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14818 and 14826?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14818 and 14826 is 2.

GCF(14818,14826) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14818 and 14826, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14818 and 14826.

How to find the GCF of 14818 and 14826?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14818 and 14826. After we will calculate the factors of 14818 and 14826 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14818

Prime factors of 14818 are 2, 31, 239. Prime factorization of 14818 in exponential form is:

14818 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14826

Prime factors of 14826 are 2, 3, 7, 353. Prime factorization of 14826 in exponential form is:

14826 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 14818

List of positive integer factors of 14818 that divides 14818 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 239, 478, 7409

Step-4: Factors of 14826

List of positive integer factors of 14826 that divides 14818 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 353, 706, 1059, 2118, 2471, 4942, 7413

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14818 and 14826. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14818 and 14826 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14818 and 14826