What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14920 and 14938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14920 and 14938 is 2.

GCF(14920,14938) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14920 and 14938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14920 and 14938.

How to find the GCF of 14920 and 14938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14920 and 14938. After we will calculate the factors of 14920 and 14938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14938

Prime factors of 14938 are 2, 7, 11, 97. Prime factorization of 14938 in exponential form is:

14938 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 14920

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 14938

List of positive integer factors of 14938 that divides 14920 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 77, 97, 154, 194, 679, 1067, 1358, 2134, 7469

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14920 and 14938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14920 and 14938 is 2.

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