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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13740 and 13756?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13740 and 13756 is 4.

GCF(13740,13756) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13740 and 13756, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13740 and 13756.

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How to find the GCF of 13740 and 13756?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13740 and 13756. After we will calculate the factors of 13740 and 13756 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 13756

Prime factors of 13756 are 2, 19, 181. Prime factorization of 13756 in exponential form is:

13756 = 22 × 191 × 1811

Step-3: Factors of 13740

List of positive integer factors of 13740 that divides 13740 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

Step-4: Factors of 13756

List of positive integer factors of 13756 that divides 13740 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 181, 362, 724, 3439, 6878

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13740 and 13756. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13740 and 13756 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13740 and 13756