What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14916 and 14921?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14916 and 14921 is 1.

GCF(14916,14921) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14916 and 14921, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14916 and 14921.

How to find the GCF of 14916 and 14921?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14916 and 14921. After we will calculate the factors of 14916 and 14921 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 14921

Prime factors of 14921 are 43, 347. Prime factorization of 14921 in exponential form is:

14921 = 43¹ × 347¹

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 14921

List of positive integer factors of 14921 that divides 14916 without a remainder.

1, 43, 347

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14916 and 14921. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14916 and 14921 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14916 and 14921