What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14876 and 14894?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14876 and 14894 is 2.

GCF(14876,14894) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14876 and 14894, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14876 and 14894.

How to find the GCF of 14876 and 14894?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14876 and 14894. After we will calculate the factors of 14876 and 14894 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14876

Prime factors of 14876 are 2, 3719. Prime factorization of 14876 in exponential form is:

14876 = 2² × 3719¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14894

Prime factors of 14894 are 2, 11, 677. Prime factorization of 14894 in exponential form is:

14894 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 677¹

Step-3: Factors of 14876

List of positive integer factors of 14876 that divides 14876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3719, 7438

Step-4: Factors of 14894

List of positive integer factors of 14894 that divides 14876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 677, 1354, 7447

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14876 and 14894. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14876 and 14894 is 2.

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