What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13828 and 13840?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13828 and 13840 is 4.

GCF(13828,13840) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13828 and 13840, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13828 and 13840.

How to find the GCF of 13828 and 13840?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13828 and 13840. After we will calculate the factors of 13828 and 13840 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13828

Prime factors of 13828 are 2, 3457. Prime factorization of 13828 in exponential form is:

13828 = 2² × 3457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13840

Prime factors of 13840 are 2, 5, 173. Prime factorization of 13840 in exponential form is:

13840 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 13828

List of positive integer factors of 13828 that divides 13828 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3457, 6914

Step-4: Factors of 13840

List of positive integer factors of 13840 that divides 13828 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 173, 346, 692, 865, 1384, 1730, 2768, 3460, 6920

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13828 and 13840. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13828 and 13840 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13828 and 13840