What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13844 and 13848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13844 and 13848 is 4.

GCF(13844,13848) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13844 and 13848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13844 and 13848.

How to find the GCF of 13844 and 13848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13844 and 13848. After we will calculate the factors of 13844 and 13848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13844

Prime factors of 13844 are 2, 3461. Prime factorization of 13844 in exponential form is:

13844 = 2² × 3461¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13848

Prime factors of 13848 are 2, 3, 577. Prime factorization of 13848 in exponential form is:

13848 = 2³ × 3¹ × 577¹

Step-3: Factors of 13844

List of positive integer factors of 13844 that divides 13844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3461, 6922

Step-4: Factors of 13848

List of positive integer factors of 13848 that divides 13844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 577, 1154, 1731, 2308, 3462, 4616, 6924

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13844 and 13848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13844 and 13848 is 4.

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