What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13572 and 13576?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13572 and 13576 is 4.

GCF(13572,13576) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13572 and 13576, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13572 and 13576.

How to find the GCF of 13572 and 13576?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13572 and 13576. After we will calculate the factors of 13572 and 13576 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13572

Prime factors of 13572 are 2, 3, 13, 29. Prime factorization of 13572 in exponential form is:

13572 = 2² × 3² × 13¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13576

Prime factors of 13576 are 2, 1697. Prime factorization of 13576 in exponential form is:

13576 = 2³ × 1697¹

Step-3: Factors of 13572

List of positive integer factors of 13572 that divides 13572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 13, 18, 26, 29, 36, 39, 52, 58, 78, 87, 116, 117, 156, 174, 234, 261, 348, 377, 468, 522, 754, 1044, 1131, 1508, 2262, 3393, 4524, 6786

Step-4: Factors of 13576

List of positive integer factors of 13576 that divides 13572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1697, 3394, 6788

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13572 and 13576. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13572 and 13576 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13572 and 13576