What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13478 and 13482?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13478 and 13482 is 2.

GCF(13478,13482) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13478 and 13482, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13478 and 13482.

How to find the GCF of 13478 and 13482?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13478 and 13482. After we will calculate the factors of 13478 and 13482 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13478

Prime factors of 13478 are 2, 23, 293. Prime factorization of 13478 in exponential form is:

13478 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13482

Prime factors of 13482 are 2, 3, 7, 107. Prime factorization of 13482 in exponential form is:

13482 = 2¹ × 3² × 7¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 13478

List of positive integer factors of 13478 that divides 13478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 293, 586, 6739

Step-4: Factors of 13482

List of positive integer factors of 13482 that divides 13478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 107, 126, 214, 321, 642, 749, 963, 1498, 1926, 2247, 4494, 6741

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13478 and 13482. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13478 and 13482 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13478 and 13482