What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14885 and 14898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14885 and 14898 is 13.

GCF(14885,14898) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14885 and 14898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14885 and 14898.

How to find the GCF of 14885 and 14898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14885 and 14898. After we will calculate the factors of 14885 and 14898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14885

Prime factors of 14885 are 5, 13, 229. Prime factorization of 14885 in exponential form is:

14885 = 5¹ × 13¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14898

Prime factors of 14898 are 2, 3, 13, 191. Prime factorization of 14898 in exponential form is:

14898 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 14885

List of positive integer factors of 14885 that divides 14885 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 65, 229, 1145, 2977

Step-4: Factors of 14898

List of positive integer factors of 14898 that divides 14885 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 191, 382, 573, 1146, 2483, 4966, 7449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14885 and 14898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14885 and 14898 is 13.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14885 and 14898