What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13887 and 13897?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13887 and 13897 is 1.

GCF(13887,13897) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13887 and 13897, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13887 and 13897.

How to find the GCF of 13887 and 13897?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13887 and 13897. After we will calculate the factors of 13887 and 13897 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13887

Prime factors of 13887 are 3, 1543. Prime factorization of 13887 in exponential form is:

13887 = 3² × 1543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13897

Prime factors of 13897 are 13, 1069. Prime factorization of 13897 in exponential form is:

13897 = 13¹ × 1069¹

Step-3: Factors of 13887

List of positive integer factors of 13887 that divides 13887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1543, 4629

Step-4: Factors of 13897

List of positive integer factors of 13897 that divides 13887 without a remainder.

1, 13, 1069

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13887 and 13897. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13887 and 13897 is 1.

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