What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13878 and 13892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13878 and 13892 is 2.

GCF(13878,13892) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13878 and 13892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13878 and 13892.

How to find the GCF of 13878 and 13892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13878 and 13892. After we will calculate the factors of 13878 and 13892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 13892

Prime factors of 13892 are 2, 23, 151. Prime factorization of 13892 in exponential form is:

13892 = 2² × 23¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 13878

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 13892

List of positive integer factors of 13892 that divides 13878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 151, 302, 604, 3473, 6946

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13878 and 13892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13878 and 13892 is 2.

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