What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13550 and 13564?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13550 and 13564 is 2.

GCF(13550,13564) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13550 and 13564, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13550 and 13564.

How to find the GCF of 13550 and 13564?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13550 and 13564. After we will calculate the factors of 13550 and 13564 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13550

Prime factors of 13550 are 2, 5, 271. Prime factorization of 13550 in exponential form is:

13550 = 2¹ × 5² × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13564

Prime factors of 13564 are 2, 3391. Prime factorization of 13564 in exponential form is:

13564 = 2² × 3391¹

Step-3: Factors of 13550

List of positive integer factors of 13550 that divides 13550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 271, 542, 1355, 2710, 6775

Step-4: Factors of 13564

List of positive integer factors of 13564 that divides 13550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3391, 6782

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13550 and 13564. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13550 and 13564 is 2.

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