What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13836 and 13847?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13836 and 13847 is 1.

GCF(13836,13847) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13836 and 13847, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13836 and 13847.

How to find the GCF of 13836 and 13847?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13836 and 13847. After we will calculate the factors of 13836 and 13847 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13836

Prime factors of 13836 are 2, 3, 1153. Prime factorization of 13836 in exponential form is:

13836 = 2² × 3¹ × 1153¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13847

Prime factors of 13847 are 61, 227. Prime factorization of 13847 in exponential form is:

13847 = 61¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 13836

List of positive integer factors of 13836 that divides 13836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1153, 2306, 3459, 4612, 6918

Step-4: Factors of 13847

List of positive integer factors of 13847 that divides 13836 without a remainder.

1, 61, 227

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13836 and 13847. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13836 and 13847 is 1.

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