What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13329 and 13344?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13329 and 13344 is 3.

GCF(13329,13344) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13329 and 13344, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13329 and 13344.

How to find the GCF of 13329 and 13344?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13329 and 13344. After we will calculate the factors of 13329 and 13344 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13329

Prime factors of 13329 are 3, 1481. Prime factorization of 13329 in exponential form is:

13329 = 3² × 1481¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13344

Prime factors of 13344 are 2, 3, 139. Prime factorization of 13344 in exponential form is:

13344 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 13329

List of positive integer factors of 13329 that divides 13329 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1481, 4443

Step-4: Factors of 13344

List of positive integer factors of 13344 that divides 13329 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 139, 278, 417, 556, 834, 1112, 1668, 2224, 3336, 4448, 6672

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13329 and 13344. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13329 and 13344 is 3.

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