What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14850 and 14856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14850 and 14856 is 6.

GCF(14850,14856) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14850 and 14856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14850 and 14856.

How to find the GCF of 14850 and 14856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14850 and 14856. After we will calculate the factors of 14850 and 14856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14850

Prime factors of 14850 are 2, 3, 5, 11. Prime factorization of 14850 in exponential form is:

14850 = 2¹ × 3³ × 5² × 11¹

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 14850

List of positive integer factors of 14850 that divides 14850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, 27, 30, 33, 45, 50, 54, 55, 66, 75, 90, 99, 110, 135, 150, 165, 198, 225, 270, 275, 297, 330, 450, 495, 550, 594, 675, 825, 990, 1350, 1485, 1650, 2475, 2970, 4950, 7425

Step-4: Factors of 14856

List of positive integer factors of 14856 that divides 14850 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 14850 and 14856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14850 and 14856 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14850 and 14856