What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13872 and 13882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13872 and 13882 is 2.

GCF(13872,13882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13872 and 13882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13872 and 13882.

How to find the GCF of 13872 and 13882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13872 and 13882. After we will calculate the factors of 13872 and 13882 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 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 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 13882

List of positive integer factors of 13882 that divides 13872 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13872 and 13882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13872 and 13882 is 2.

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