What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14840 and 14860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14840 and 14860 is 20.

GCF(14840,14860) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14840 and 14860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14840 and 14860.

How to find the GCF of 14840 and 14860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14840 and 14860. After we will calculate the factors of 14840 and 14860 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14840

Prime factors of 14840 are 2, 5, 7, 53. Prime factorization of 14840 in exponential form is:

14840 = 2³ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14860

Prime factors of 14860 are 2, 5, 743. Prime factorization of 14860 in exponential form is:

14860 = 2² × 5¹ × 743¹

Step-3: Factors of 14840

List of positive integer factors of 14840 that divides 14840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 40, 53, 56, 70, 106, 140, 212, 265, 280, 371, 424, 530, 742, 1060, 1484, 1855, 2120, 2968, 3710, 7420

Step-4: Factors of 14860

List of positive integer factors of 14860 that divides 14840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 743, 1486, 2972, 3715, 7430

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14840 and 14860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14840 and 14860 is 20.

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