What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13368 and 13378?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13368 and 13378 is 2.

GCF(13368,13378) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13368 and 13378, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13368 and 13378.

How to find the GCF of 13368 and 13378?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13368 and 13378. After we will calculate the factors of 13368 and 13378 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13368

Prime factors of 13368 are 2, 3, 557. Prime factorization of 13368 in exponential form is:

13368 = 2³ × 3¹ × 557¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13378

Prime factors of 13378 are 2, 6689. Prime factorization of 13378 in exponential form is:

13378 = 2¹ × 6689¹

Step-3: Factors of 13368

List of positive integer factors of 13368 that divides 13368 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 557, 1114, 1671, 2228, 3342, 4456, 6684

Step-4: Factors of 13378

List of positive integer factors of 13378 that divides 13368 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6689

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13368 and 13378. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13368 and 13378 is 2.

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