What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14945 and 14950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14945 and 14950 is 5.

GCF(14945,14950) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14945 and 14950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14945 and 14950.

How to find the GCF of 14945 and 14950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14945 and 14950. After we will calculate the factors of 14945 and 14950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14950

Prime factors of 14950 are 2, 5, 13, 23. Prime factorization of 14950 in exponential form is:

14950 = 2¹ × 5² × 13¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 14945

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 14950

List of positive integer factors of 14950 that divides 14945 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 23, 25, 26, 46, 50, 65, 115, 130, 230, 299, 325, 575, 598, 650, 1150, 1495, 2990, 7475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14945 and 14950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14945 and 14950 is 5.

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