What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13686 and 13700?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13686 and 13700 is 2.

GCF(13686,13700) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13686 and 13700, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13686 and 13700.

How to find the GCF of 13686 and 13700?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13686 and 13700. After we will calculate the factors of 13686 and 13700 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13686

Prime factors of 13686 are 2, 3, 2281. Prime factorization of 13686 in exponential form is:

13686 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 2281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13700

Prime factors of 13700 are 2, 5, 137. Prime factorization of 13700 in exponential form is:

13700 = 2² × 5² × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 13686

List of positive integer factors of 13686 that divides 13686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 2281, 4562, 6843

Step-4: Factors of 13700

List of positive integer factors of 13700 that divides 13686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 137, 274, 548, 685, 1370, 2740, 3425, 6850

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13686 and 13700. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13686 and 13700 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13686 and 13700