What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14985 and 15000?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14985 and 15000 is 15.

GCF(14985,15000) = 15

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14985 and 15000, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14985 and 15000.

How to find the GCF of 14985 and 15000?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14985 and 15000. After we will calculate the factors of 14985 and 15000 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14985

Prime factors of 14985 are 3, 5, 37. Prime factorization of 14985 in exponential form is:

14985 = 3⁴ × 5¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15000

Prime factors of 15000 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 15000 in exponential form is:

15000 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5⁴

Step-3: Factors of 14985

List of positive integer factors of 14985 that divides 14985 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 37, 45, 81, 111, 135, 185, 333, 405, 555, 999, 1665, 2997, 4995

Step-4: Factors of 15000

List of positive integer factors of 15000 that divides 14985 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 100, 120, 125, 150, 200, 250, 300, 375, 500, 600, 625, 750, 1000, 1250, 1500, 1875, 2500, 3000, 3750, 5000, 7500

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14985 and 15000. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14985 and 15000 is 15.

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