What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13426 and 13444?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13426 and 13444 is 2.

GCF(13426,13444) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13426 and 13444, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13426 and 13444.

How to find the GCF of 13426 and 13444?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13426 and 13444. After we will calculate the factors of 13426 and 13444 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13426

Prime factors of 13426 are 2, 7, 137. Prime factorization of 13426 in exponential form is:

13426 = 2¹ × 7² × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13444

Prime factors of 13444 are 2, 3361. Prime factorization of 13444 in exponential form is:

13444 = 2² × 3361¹

Step-3: Factors of 13426

List of positive integer factors of 13426 that divides 13426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 137, 274, 959, 1918, 6713

Step-4: Factors of 13444

List of positive integer factors of 13444 that divides 13426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3361, 6722

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13426 and 13444. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13426 and 13444 is 2.

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