What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13732 and 13740?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13732 and 13740 is 4.

GCF(13732,13740) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13732 and 13740, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13732 and 13740.

How to find the GCF of 13732 and 13740?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13732 and 13740. After we will calculate the factors of 13732 and 13740 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13732

Prime factors of 13732 are 2, 3433. Prime factorization of 13732 in exponential form is:

13732 = 2² × 3433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13740

Prime factors of 13740 are 2, 3, 5, 229. Prime factorization of 13740 in exponential form is:

13740 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 13732

List of positive integer factors of 13732 that divides 13732 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3433, 6866

Step-4: Factors of 13740

List of positive integer factors of 13740 that divides 13732 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 229, 458, 687, 916, 1145, 1374, 2290, 2748, 3435, 4580, 6870

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13732 and 13740. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13732 and 13740 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13732 and 13740