What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13660 and 13678?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13660 and 13678 is 2.

GCF(13660,13678) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13660 and 13678, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13660 and 13678.

How to find the GCF of 13660 and 13678?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13660 and 13678. After we will calculate the factors of 13660 and 13678 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13660

Prime factors of 13660 are 2, 5, 683. Prime factorization of 13660 in exponential form is:

13660 = 2² × 5¹ × 683¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13678

Prime factors of 13678 are 2, 7, 977. Prime factorization of 13678 in exponential form is:

13678 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 977¹

Step-3: Factors of 13660

List of positive integer factors of 13660 that divides 13660 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 683, 1366, 2732, 3415, 6830

Step-4: Factors of 13678

List of positive integer factors of 13678 that divides 13660 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 977, 1954, 6839

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13660 and 13678. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13660 and 13678 is 2.

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