What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14916 and 14920?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14916 and 14920 is 4.

GCF(14916,14920) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14916 and 14920, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14916 and 14920.

How to find the GCF of 14916 and 14920?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14916 and 14920. After we will calculate the factors of 14916 and 14920 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14916

Prime factors of 14916 are 2, 3, 11, 113. Prime factorization of 14916 in exponential form is:

14916 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14920

Prime factors of 14920 are 2, 5, 373. Prime factorization of 14920 in exponential form is:

14920 = 2³ × 5¹ × 373¹

Step-3: Factors of 14916

List of positive integer factors of 14916 that divides 14916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 113, 132, 226, 339, 452, 678, 1243, 1356, 2486, 3729, 4972, 7458

Step-4: Factors of 14920

List of positive integer factors of 14920 that divides 14916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 373, 746, 1492, 1865, 2984, 3730, 7460

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14916 and 14920. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14916 and 14920 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14916 and 14920