What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14848 and 14866?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14848 and 14866 is 2.

GCF(14848,14866) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14848 and 14866, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14848 and 14866.

How to find the GCF of 14848 and 14866?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14848 and 14866. After we will calculate the factors of 14848 and 14866 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14848

Prime factors of 14848 are 2, 29. Prime factorization of 14848 in exponential form is:

14848 = 2⁹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14866

Prime factors of 14866 are 2, 7433. Prime factorization of 14866 in exponential form is:

14866 = 2¹ × 7433¹

Step-3: Factors of 14848

List of positive integer factors of 14848 that divides 14848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 29, 32, 58, 64, 116, 128, 232, 256, 464, 512, 928, 1856, 3712, 7424

Step-4: Factors of 14866

List of positive integer factors of 14866 that divides 14848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7433

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14848 and 14866. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14848 and 14866 is 2.

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