What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13569 and 13578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13569 and 13578 is 3.

GCF(13569,13578) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13569 and 13578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13569 and 13578.

How to find the GCF of 13569 and 13578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13569 and 13578. After we will calculate the factors of 13569 and 13578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13569

Prime factors of 13569 are 3, 4523. Prime factorization of 13569 in exponential form is:

13569 = 3¹ × 4523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13578

Prime factors of 13578 are 2, 3, 31, 73. Prime factorization of 13578 in exponential form is:

13578 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 13569

List of positive integer factors of 13569 that divides 13569 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4523

Step-4: Factors of 13578

List of positive integer factors of 13578 that divides 13569 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 73, 93, 146, 186, 219, 438, 2263, 4526, 6789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13569 and 13578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13569 and 13578 is 3.

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