What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13744 and 13762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13744 and 13762 is 2.

GCF(13744,13762) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13744 and 13762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13744 and 13762.

How to find the GCF of 13744 and 13762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13744 and 13762. After we will calculate the factors of 13744 and 13762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13744

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

13744 = 2⁴ × 859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13762

Prime factors of 13762 are 2, 7, 983. Prime factorization of 13762 in exponential form is:

13762 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 983¹

Step-3: Factors of 13744

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 13762

List of positive integer factors of 13762 that divides 13744 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 983, 1966, 6881

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13744 and 13762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13744 and 13762 is 2.

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