What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14931 and 14944?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14931 and 14944 is 1.

GCF(14931,14944) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14931 and 14944, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14931 and 14944.

How to find the GCF of 14931 and 14944?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14931 and 14944. After we will calculate the factors of 14931 and 14944 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14931

Prime factors of 14931 are 3, 7, 79. Prime factorization of 14931 in exponential form is:

14931 = 3³ × 7¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14944

Prime factors of 14944 are 2, 467. Prime factorization of 14944 in exponential form is:

14944 = 2⁵ × 467¹

Step-3: Factors of 14931

List of positive integer factors of 14931 that divides 14931 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 63, 79, 189, 237, 553, 711, 1659, 2133, 4977

Step-4: Factors of 14944

List of positive integer factors of 14944 that divides 14931 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 467, 934, 1868, 3736, 7472

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14931 and 14944. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14931 and 14944 is 1.

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