What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14871 and 14888?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14871 and 14888 is 1.

GCF(14871,14888) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14871 and 14888, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14871 and 14888.

How to find the GCF of 14871 and 14888?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14871 and 14888. After we will calculate the factors of 14871 and 14888 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14871

Prime factors of 14871 are 3, 4957. Prime factorization of 14871 in exponential form is:

14871 = 3¹ × 4957¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14888

Prime factors of 14888 are 2, 1861. Prime factorization of 14888 in exponential form is:

14888 = 2³ × 1861¹

Step-3: Factors of 14871

List of positive integer factors of 14871 that divides 14871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4957

Step-4: Factors of 14888

List of positive integer factors of 14888 that divides 14871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1861, 3722, 7444

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14871 and 14888. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14871 and 14888 is 1.

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