What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13556 and 13566?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13556 and 13566 is 2.

GCF(13556,13566) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13556 and 13566, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13556 and 13566.

How to find the GCF of 13556 and 13566?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13556 and 13566. After we will calculate the factors of 13556 and 13566 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13556

Prime factors of 13556 are 2, 3389. Prime factorization of 13556 in exponential form is:

13556 = 2² × 3389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13566

Prime factors of 13566 are 2, 3, 7, 17, 19. Prime factorization of 13566 in exponential form is:

13566 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 19¹

Step-3: Factors of 13556

List of positive integer factors of 13556 that divides 13556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3389, 6778

Step-4: Factors of 13566

List of positive integer factors of 13566 that divides 13556 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 17, 19, 21, 34, 38, 42, 51, 57, 102, 114, 119, 133, 238, 266, 323, 357, 399, 646, 714, 798, 969, 1938, 2261, 4522, 6783

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13556 and 13566. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13556 and 13566 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13556 and 13566