What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13731 and 13744?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13731 and 13744 is 1.

GCF(13731,13744) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13731 and 13744, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13731 and 13744.

How to find the GCF of 13731 and 13744?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13731 and 13744. After we will calculate the factors of 13731 and 13744 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 13744

Prime factors of 13744 are 2, 859. Prime factorization of 13744 in exponential form is:

13744 = 2⁴ × 859¹

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 13744

List of positive integer factors of 13744 that divides 13731 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 859, 1718, 3436, 6872

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13731 and 13744. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13731 and 13744 is 1.

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