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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13862 and 13878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13862 and 13878 is 2.

GCF(13862,13878) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13862 and 13878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13862 and 13878.

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How to find the GCF of 13862 and 13878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13862 and 13878. After we will calculate the factors of 13862 and 13878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13862

Prime factors of 13862 are 2, 29, 239. Prime factorization of 13862 in exponential form is:

13862 = 21 × 291 × 2391

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13878

Prime factors of 13878 are 2, 3, 257. Prime factorization of 13878 in exponential form is:

13878 = 21 × 33 × 2571

Step-3: Factors of 13862

List of positive integer factors of 13862 that divides 13862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 239, 478, 6931

Step-4: Factors of 13878

List of positive integer factors of 13878 that divides 13862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 257, 514, 771, 1542, 2313, 4626, 6939

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13862 and 13878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13862 and 13878 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13862 and 13878