What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13498 and 13502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13498 and 13502 is 2.

GCF(13498,13502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13498 and 13502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13498 and 13502.

How to find the GCF of 13498 and 13502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13498 and 13502. After we will calculate the factors of 13498 and 13502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13498

Prime factors of 13498 are 2, 17, 397. Prime factorization of 13498 in exponential form is:

13498 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13502

Prime factors of 13502 are 2, 43, 157. Prime factorization of 13502 in exponential form is:

13502 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 13498

List of positive integer factors of 13498 that divides 13498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 397, 794, 6749

Step-4: Factors of 13502

List of positive integer factors of 13502 that divides 13498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 157, 314, 6751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13498 and 13502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13498 and 13502 is 2.

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