What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14900 and 14906?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14900 and 14906 is 2.

GCF(14900,14906) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14900 and 14906, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14900 and 14906.

How to find the GCF of 14900 and 14906?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14900 and 14906. After we will calculate the factors of 14900 and 14906 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 14906

Prime factors of 14906 are 2, 29, 257. Prime factorization of 14906 in exponential form is:

14906 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 257¹

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 14906

List of positive integer factors of 14906 that divides 14900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 257, 514, 7453

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14900 and 14906. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14900 and 14906 is 2.

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