What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13436 and 13456?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13436 and 13456 is 4.

GCF(13436,13456) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13436 and 13456, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13436 and 13456.

How to find the GCF of 13436 and 13456?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13436 and 13456. After we will calculate the factors of 13436 and 13456 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13436

Prime factors of 13436 are 2, 3359. Prime factorization of 13436 in exponential form is:

13436 = 2² × 3359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13456

Prime factors of 13456 are 2, 29. Prime factorization of 13456 in exponential form is:

13456 = 2⁴ × 29²

Step-3: Factors of 13436

List of positive integer factors of 13436 that divides 13436 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3359, 6718

Step-4: Factors of 13456

List of positive integer factors of 13456 that divides 13436 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 29, 58, 116, 232, 464, 841, 1682, 3364, 6728

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13436 and 13456. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13436 and 13456 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13436 and 13456