What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13738 and 13744?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13738 and 13744 is 2.

GCF(13738,13744) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13738 and 13744, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13738 and 13744.

How to find the GCF of 13738 and 13744?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13738 and 13744. After we will calculate the factors of 13738 and 13744 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13738

Prime factors of 13738 are 2, 6869. Prime factorization of 13738 in exponential form is:

13738 = 2¹ × 6869¹

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 13738

List of positive integer factors of 13738 that divides 13738 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6869

Step-4: Factors of 13744

List of positive integer factors of 13744 that divides 13738 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 13738 and 13744. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13738 and 13744 is 2.

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