What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13712 and 13716?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13712 and 13716 is 4.

GCF(13712,13716) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13712 and 13716, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13712 and 13716.

How to find the GCF of 13712 and 13716?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13712 and 13716. After we will calculate the factors of 13712 and 13716 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13712

Prime factors of 13712 are 2, 857. Prime factorization of 13712 in exponential form is:

13712 = 2⁴ × 857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13716

Prime factors of 13716 are 2, 3, 127. Prime factorization of 13716 in exponential form is:

13716 = 2² × 3³ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 13712

List of positive integer factors of 13712 that divides 13712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 857, 1714, 3428, 6856

Step-4: Factors of 13716

List of positive integer factors of 13716 that divides 13712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 127, 254, 381, 508, 762, 1143, 1524, 2286, 3429, 4572, 6858

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13712 and 13716. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13712 and 13716 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13712 and 13716