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Question

Find Greatest Common Divisor of 14 and 28, using Euclidean algorithm.

Answer

The GCD of given numbers is 14.

Explanation

Step 1 :
Divide $ 28 $ by $ 14 $ and get the remainder

$$ 28 : \color{blue}{ \boxed { 14 }} = 2 \text{ ( remainder is } \color{blue}{ 0 } \text{ ) } $$

The remainder is zero => GCD is the last divisor $ \color{blue}{ \boxed { 14 }} $.

We can summarize an algorithm into a following table.

28 : 14 = 2 remainder ( 0 )
GCD = 14

This solution can be visualized using a Venn diagram.

The GCD equals the product of the numbers at the intersection.

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