What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14845 and 14860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14845 and 14860 is 5.

GCF(14845,14860) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14845 and 14860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14845 and 14860.

How to find the GCF of 14845 and 14860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14845 and 14860. After we will calculate the factors of 14845 and 14860 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14845

Prime factors of 14845 are 5, 2969. Prime factorization of 14845 in exponential form is:

14845 = 5¹ × 2969¹

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 14845

List of positive integer factors of 14845 that divides 14845 without a remainder.

1, 5, 2969

Step-4: Factors of 14860

List of positive integer factors of 14860 that divides 14845 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 14845 and 14860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14845 and 14860 is 5.

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