What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13731 and 13736?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13731 and 13736 is 1.

GCF(13731,13736) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13731 and 13736, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13731 and 13736.

How to find the GCF of 13731 and 13736?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13731 and 13736. After we will calculate the factors of 13731 and 13736 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13731

Prime factors of 13731 are 3, 23, 199. Prime factorization of 13731 in exponential form is:

13731 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13736

Prime factors of 13736 are 2, 17, 101. Prime factorization of 13736 in exponential form is:

13736 = 2³ × 17¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 13731

List of positive integer factors of 13731 that divides 13731 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 199, 597, 4577

Step-4: Factors of 13736

List of positive integer factors of 13736 that divides 13731 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 101, 136, 202, 404, 808, 1717, 3434, 6868

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13731 and 13736. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13731 and 13736 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13731 and 13736