What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13855 and 13873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13855 and 13873 is 1.

GCF(13855,13873) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13855 and 13873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13855 and 13873.

How to find the GCF of 13855 and 13873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13855 and 13873. After we will calculate the factors of 13855 and 13873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13855

Prime factors of 13855 are 5, 17, 163. Prime factorization of 13855 in exponential form is:

13855 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13873

Prime factors of 13873 are 13873. Prime factorization of 13873 in exponential form is:

13873 = 13873¹

Step-3: Factors of 13855

List of positive integer factors of 13855 that divides 13855 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 163, 815, 2771

Step-4: Factors of 13873

List of positive integer factors of 13873 that divides 13855 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13855 and 13873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13855 and 13873 is 1.

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