What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14863 and 14873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14863 and 14873 is 1.

GCF(14863,14873) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14863 and 14873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14863 and 14873.

How to find the GCF of 14863 and 14873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14863 and 14873. After we will calculate the factors of 14863 and 14873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14863

Prime factors of 14863 are 89, 167. Prime factorization of 14863 in exponential form is:

14863 = 89¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14873

Prime factors of 14873 are 107, 139. Prime factorization of 14873 in exponential form is:

14873 = 107¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 14863

List of positive integer factors of 14863 that divides 14863 without a remainder.

1, 89, 167

Step-4: Factors of 14873

List of positive integer factors of 14873 that divides 14863 without a remainder.

1, 107, 139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14863 and 14873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14863 and 14873 is 1.

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