What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14981 and 14987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14981 and 14987 is 1.

GCF(14981,14987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14981 and 14987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14981 and 14987.

How to find the GCF of 14981 and 14987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14981 and 14987. After we will calculate the factors of 14981 and 14987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14981

Prime factors of 14981 are 71, 211. Prime factorization of 14981 in exponential form is:

14981 = 71¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14987

Prime factors of 14987 are 7, 2141. Prime factorization of 14987 in exponential form is:

14987 = 7¹ × 2141¹

Step-3: Factors of 14981

List of positive integer factors of 14981 that divides 14981 without a remainder.

1, 71, 211

Step-4: Factors of 14987

List of positive integer factors of 14987 that divides 14981 without a remainder.

1, 7, 2141

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14981 and 14987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14981 and 14987 is 1.

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