What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13546 and 13552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13546 and 13552 is 2.

GCF(13546,13552) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13546 and 13552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13546 and 13552.

How to find the GCF of 13546 and 13552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13546 and 13552. After we will calculate the factors of 13546 and 13552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13546

Prime factors of 13546 are 2, 13, 521. Prime factorization of 13546 in exponential form is:

13546 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13552

Prime factors of 13552 are 2, 7, 11. Prime factorization of 13552 in exponential form is:

13552 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 11²

Step-3: Factors of 13546

List of positive integer factors of 13546 that divides 13546 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 521, 1042, 6773

Step-4: Factors of 13552

List of positive integer factors of 13552 that divides 13546 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 22, 28, 44, 56, 77, 88, 112, 121, 154, 176, 242, 308, 484, 616, 847, 968, 1232, 1694, 1936, 3388, 6776

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13546 and 13552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13546 and 13552 is 2.

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