What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14961 and 14971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14961 and 14971 is 1.

GCF(14961,14971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14961 and 14971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14961 and 14971.

How to find the GCF of 14961 and 14971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14961 and 14971. After we will calculate the factors of 14961 and 14971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14961

Prime factors of 14961 are 3, 4987. Prime factorization of 14961 in exponential form is:

14961 = 3¹ × 4987¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14971

Prime factors of 14971 are 11, 1361. Prime factorization of 14971 in exponential form is:

14971 = 11¹ × 1361¹

Step-3: Factors of 14961

List of positive integer factors of 14961 that divides 14961 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4987

Step-4: Factors of 14971

List of positive integer factors of 14971 that divides 14961 without a remainder.

1, 11, 1361

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14961 and 14971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14961 and 14971 is 1.

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