What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14938 and 14945?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14938 and 14945 is 7.

GCF(14938,14945) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14938 and 14945, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14938 and 14945.

How to find the GCF of 14938 and 14945?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14938 and 14945. After we will calculate the factors of 14938 and 14945 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14945

Prime factors of 14945 are 5, 7, 61. Prime factorization of 14945 in exponential form is:

14945 = 5¹ × 7² × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 14938

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 14945

List of positive integer factors of 14945 that divides 14938 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 49, 61, 245, 305, 427, 2135, 2989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14938 and 14945. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14938 and 14945 is 7.

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