What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13362 and 13372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13362 and 13372 is 2.

GCF(13362,13372) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13362 and 13372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13362 and 13372.

How to find the GCF of 13362 and 13372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13362 and 13372. After we will calculate the factors of 13362 and 13372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13362

Prime factors of 13362 are 2, 3, 17, 131. Prime factorization of 13362 in exponential form is:

13362 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13372

Prime factors of 13372 are 2, 3343. Prime factorization of 13372 in exponential form is:

13372 = 2² × 3343¹

Step-3: Factors of 13362

List of positive integer factors of 13362 that divides 13362 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 131, 262, 393, 786, 2227, 4454, 6681

Step-4: Factors of 13372

List of positive integer factors of 13372 that divides 13362 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3343, 6686

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13362 and 13372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13362 and 13372 is 2.

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