What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13359 and 13371?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13359 and 13371 is 3.

GCF(13359,13371) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13359 and 13371, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13359 and 13371.

How to find the GCF of 13359 and 13371?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13359 and 13371. After we will calculate the factors of 13359 and 13371 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13359

Prime factors of 13359 are 3, 61, 73. Prime factorization of 13359 in exponential form is:

13359 = 3¹ × 61¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13371

Prime factors of 13371 are 3, 4457. Prime factorization of 13371 in exponential form is:

13371 = 3¹ × 4457¹

Step-3: Factors of 13359

List of positive integer factors of 13359 that divides 13359 without a remainder.

1, 3, 61, 73, 183, 219, 4453

Step-4: Factors of 13371

List of positive integer factors of 13371 that divides 13359 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4457

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13359 and 13371. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13359 and 13371 is 3.

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