What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14946 and 14963?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14946 and 14963 is 1.

GCF(14946,14963) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14946 and 14963, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14946 and 14963.

How to find the GCF of 14946 and 14963?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14946 and 14963. After we will calculate the factors of 14946 and 14963 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 14963

Prime factors of 14963 are 13, 1151. Prime factorization of 14963 in exponential form is:

14963 = 13¹ × 1151¹

Step-3: Factors of 14946

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 14963

List of positive integer factors of 14963 that divides 14946 without a remainder.

1, 13, 1151

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14946 and 14963. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14946 and 14963 is 1.

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