What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14938 and 14957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14938 and 14957 is 1.

GCF(14938,14957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14938 and 14957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14938 and 14957.

How to find the GCF of 14938 and 14957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14938 and 14957. After we will calculate the factors of 14938 and 14957 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 14957

Prime factors of 14957 are 14957. Prime factorization of 14957 in exponential form is:

14957 = 14957¹

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 14957

List of positive integer factors of 14957 that divides 14938 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14938 and 14957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14938 and 14957 is 1.

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