What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13586 and 13598?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13586 and 13598 is 2.

GCF(13586,13598) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13586 and 13598, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13586 and 13598.

How to find the GCF of 13586 and 13598?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13586 and 13598. After we will calculate the factors of 13586 and 13598 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13586

Prime factors of 13586 are 2, 6793. Prime factorization of 13586 in exponential form is:

13586 = 2¹ × 6793¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13598

Prime factors of 13598 are 2, 13, 523. Prime factorization of 13598 in exponential form is:

13598 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 13586

List of positive integer factors of 13586 that divides 13586 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6793

Step-4: Factors of 13598

List of positive integer factors of 13598 that divides 13586 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 523, 1046, 6799

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13586 and 13598. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13586 and 13598 is 2.

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