What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14935 and 14942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14935 and 14942 is 1.

GCF(14935,14942) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14935 and 14942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14935 and 14942.

How to find the GCF of 14935 and 14942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14935 and 14942. After we will calculate the factors of 14935 and 14942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14935

Prime factors of 14935 are 5, 29, 103. Prime factorization of 14935 in exponential form is:

14935 = 5¹ × 29¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14942

Prime factors of 14942 are 2, 31, 241. Prime factorization of 14942 in exponential form is:

14942 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 14935

List of positive integer factors of 14935 that divides 14935 without a remainder.

1, 5, 29, 103, 145, 515, 2987

Step-4: Factors of 14942

List of positive integer factors of 14942 that divides 14935 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 241, 482, 7471

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14935 and 14942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14935 and 14942 is 1.

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