What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14900 and 14905?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14900 and 14905 is 5.

GCF(14900,14905) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14900 and 14905, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14900 and 14905.

How to find the GCF of 14900 and 14905?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14900 and 14905. After we will calculate the factors of 14900 and 14905 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14900

Prime factors of 14900 are 2, 5, 149. Prime factorization of 14900 in exponential form is:

14900 = 2² × 5² × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14905

Prime factors of 14905 are 5, 11, 271. Prime factorization of 14905 in exponential form is:

14905 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 271¹

Step-3: Factors of 14900

List of positive integer factors of 14900 that divides 14900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 149, 298, 596, 745, 1490, 2980, 3725, 7450

Step-4: Factors of 14905

List of positive integer factors of 14905 that divides 14900 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 271, 1355, 2981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14900 and 14905. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14900 and 14905 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14900 and 14905