What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14934 and 14940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14934 and 14940 is 6.

GCF(14934,14940) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14934 and 14940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14934 and 14940.

How to find the GCF of 14934 and 14940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14934 and 14940. After we will calculate the factors of 14934 and 14940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14934

Prime factors of 14934 are 2, 3, 19, 131. Prime factorization of 14934 in exponential form is:

14934 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14940

Prime factors of 14940 are 2, 3, 5, 83. Prime factorization of 14940 in exponential form is:

14940 = 2² × 3² × 5¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 14934

List of positive integer factors of 14934 that divides 14934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 131, 262, 393, 786, 2489, 4978, 7467

Step-4: Factors of 14940

List of positive integer factors of 14940 that divides 14934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 30, 36, 45, 60, 83, 90, 166, 180, 249, 332, 415, 498, 747, 830, 996, 1245, 1494, 1660, 2490, 2988, 3735, 4980, 7470

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14934 and 14940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14934 and 14940 is 6.

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