What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13662 and 13672?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13662 and 13672 is 2.

GCF(13662,13672) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13662 and 13672, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13662 and 13672.

How to find the GCF of 13662 and 13672?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13662 and 13672. After we will calculate the factors of 13662 and 13672 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13662

Prime factors of 13662 are 2, 3, 11, 23. Prime factorization of 13662 in exponential form is:

13662 = 2¹ × 3³ × 11¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13672

Prime factors of 13672 are 2, 1709. Prime factorization of 13672 in exponential form is:

13672 = 2³ × 1709¹

Step-3: Factors of 13662

List of positive integer factors of 13662 that divides 13662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 23, 27, 33, 46, 54, 66, 69, 99, 138, 198, 207, 253, 297, 414, 506, 594, 621, 759, 1242, 1518, 2277, 4554, 6831

Step-4: Factors of 13672

List of positive integer factors of 13672 that divides 13662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1709, 3418, 6836

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13662 and 13672. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13662 and 13672 is 2.

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