What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13871 and 13882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13871 and 13882 is 11.

GCF(13871,13882) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13871 and 13882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13871 and 13882.

How to find the GCF of 13871 and 13882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13871 and 13882. After we will calculate the factors of 13871 and 13882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13871

Prime factors of 13871 are 11, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 13871 in exponential form is:

13871 = 11¹ × 13¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13882

Prime factors of 13882 are 2, 11, 631. Prime factorization of 13882 in exponential form is:

13882 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 631¹

Step-3: Factors of 13871

List of positive integer factors of 13871 that divides 13871 without a remainder.

1, 11, 13, 97, 143, 1067, 1261

Step-4: Factors of 13882

List of positive integer factors of 13882 that divides 13871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 631, 1262, 6941

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13871 and 13882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13871 and 13882 is 11.

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