What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14941 and 14946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14941 and 14946 is 1.

GCF(14941,14946) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14941 and 14946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14941 and 14946.

How to find the GCF of 14941 and 14946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14941 and 14946. After we will calculate the factors of 14941 and 14946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14941

Prime factors of 14941 are 67, 223. Prime factorization of 14941 in exponential form is:

14941 = 67¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14946

Prime factors of 14946 are 2, 3, 47, 53. Prime factorization of 14946 in exponential form is:

14946 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 14941

List of positive integer factors of 14941 that divides 14941 without a remainder.

1, 67, 223

Step-4: Factors of 14946

List of positive integer factors of 14946 that divides 14941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 53, 94, 106, 141, 159, 282, 318, 2491, 4982, 7473

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14941 and 14946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14941 and 14946 is 1.

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