What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14984 and 14991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14984 and 14991 is 1.

GCF(14984,14991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14984 and 14991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14984 and 14991.

How to find the GCF of 14984 and 14991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14984 and 14991. After we will calculate the factors of 14984 and 14991 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14984

Prime factors of 14984 are 2, 1873. Prime factorization of 14984 in exponential form is:

14984 = 2³ × 1873¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14991

Prime factors of 14991 are 3, 19, 263. Prime factorization of 14991 in exponential form is:

14991 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 14984

List of positive integer factors of 14984 that divides 14984 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1873, 3746, 7492

Step-4: Factors of 14991

List of positive integer factors of 14991 that divides 14984 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 263, 789, 4997

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14984 and 14991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14984 and 14991 is 1.

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