What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13887 and 13901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13887 and 13901 is 1.

GCF(13887,13901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13887 and 13901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13887 and 13901.

How to find the GCF of 13887 and 13901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13887 and 13901. After we will calculate the factors of 13887 and 13901 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 13901

Prime factors of 13901 are 13901. Prime factorization of 13901 in exponential form is:

13901 = 13901¹

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 13901

List of positive integer factors of 13901 that divides 13887 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13887 and 13901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13887 and 13901 is 1.

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