What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14972 and 14979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14972 and 14979 is 1.

GCF(14972,14979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14972 and 14979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14972 and 14979.

How to find the GCF of 14972 and 14979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14972 and 14979. After we will calculate the factors of 14972 and 14979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14972

Prime factors of 14972 are 2, 19, 197. Prime factorization of 14972 in exponential form is:

14972 = 2² × 19¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14979

Prime factors of 14979 are 3, 4993. Prime factorization of 14979 in exponential form is:

14979 = 3¹ × 4993¹

Step-3: Factors of 14972

List of positive integer factors of 14972 that divides 14972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 197, 394, 788, 3743, 7486

Step-4: Factors of 14979

List of positive integer factors of 14979 that divides 14972 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14972 and 14979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14972 and 14979 is 1.

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