What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13712 and 13718?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13712 and 13718 is 2.

GCF(13712,13718) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13712 and 13718, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13712 and 13718.

How to find the GCF of 13712 and 13718?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13712 and 13718. After we will calculate the factors of 13712 and 13718 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 13718

Prime factors of 13718 are 2, 19. Prime factorization of 13718 in exponential form is:

13718 = 2¹ × 19³

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 13718

List of positive integer factors of 13718 that divides 13712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 361, 722, 6859

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13712 and 13718. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13712 and 13718 is 2.

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