What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14943 and 14949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14943 and 14949 is 3.

GCF(14943,14949) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14943 and 14949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14943 and 14949.

How to find the GCF of 14943 and 14949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14943 and 14949. After we will calculate the factors of 14943 and 14949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14943

Prime factors of 14943 are 3, 17, 293. Prime factorization of 14943 in exponential form is:

14943 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14949

Prime factors of 14949 are 3, 11, 151. Prime factorization of 14949 in exponential form is:

14949 = 3² × 11¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 14943

List of positive integer factors of 14943 that divides 14943 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 293, 879, 4981

Step-4: Factors of 14949

List of positive integer factors of 14949 that divides 14943 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 151, 453, 1359, 1661, 4983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14943 and 14949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14943 and 14949 is 3.

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