What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13872 and 13880?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13872 and 13880 is 8.

GCF(13872,13880) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13872 and 13880, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13872 and 13880.

How to find the GCF of 13872 and 13880?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13872 and 13880. After we will calculate the factors of 13872 and 13880 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13872

Prime factors of 13872 are 2, 3, 17. Prime factorization of 13872 in exponential form is:

13872 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 17²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13880

Prime factors of 13880 are 2, 5, 347. Prime factorization of 13880 in exponential form is:

13880 = 2³ × 5¹ × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 13872

List of positive integer factors of 13872 that divides 13872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 17, 24, 34, 48, 51, 68, 102, 136, 204, 272, 289, 408, 578, 816, 867, 1156, 1734, 2312, 3468, 4624, 6936

Step-4: Factors of 13880

List of positive integer factors of 13880 that divides 13872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 347, 694, 1388, 1735, 2776, 3470, 6940

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13872 and 13880. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13872 and 13880 is 8.

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