What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14842 and 14856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14842 and 14856 is 2.

GCF(14842,14856) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14842 and 14856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14842 and 14856.

How to find the GCF of 14842 and 14856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14842 and 14856. After we will calculate the factors of 14842 and 14856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14842

Prime factors of 14842 are 2, 41, 181. Prime factorization of 14842 in exponential form is:

14842 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14856

Prime factors of 14856 are 2, 3, 619. Prime factorization of 14856 in exponential form is:

14856 = 2³ × 3¹ × 619¹

Step-3: Factors of 14842

List of positive integer factors of 14842 that divides 14842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 181, 362, 7421

Step-4: Factors of 14856

List of positive integer factors of 14856 that divides 14842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 619, 1238, 1857, 2476, 3714, 4952, 7428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14842 and 14856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14842 and 14856 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14842 and 14856