What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13678 and 13682?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13678 and 13682 is 2.

GCF(13678,13682) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13678 and 13682, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13678 and 13682.

How to find the GCF of 13678 and 13682?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13678 and 13682. After we will calculate the factors of 13678 and 13682 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 13682

Prime factors of 13682 are 2, 6841. Prime factorization of 13682 in exponential form is:

13682 = 2¹ × 6841¹

Step-3: Factors of 13678

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 13682

List of positive integer factors of 13682 that divides 13678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6841

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13678 and 13682. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13678 and 13682 is 2.

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