What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13527 and 13533?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13527 and 13533 is 3.

GCF(13527,13533) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13527 and 13533, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13527 and 13533.

How to find the GCF of 13527 and 13533?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13527 and 13533. After we will calculate the factors of 13527 and 13533 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13527

Prime factors of 13527 are 3, 167. Prime factorization of 13527 in exponential form is:

13527 = 3⁴ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13533

Prime factors of 13533 are 3, 13, 347. Prime factorization of 13533 in exponential form is:

13533 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 13527

List of positive integer factors of 13527 that divides 13527 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 167, 501, 1503, 4509

Step-4: Factors of 13533

List of positive integer factors of 13533 that divides 13527 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 347, 1041, 4511

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13527 and 13533. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13527 and 13533 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13527 and 13533