What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13899 and 13908?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13899 and 13908 is 3.

GCF(13899,13908) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13899 and 13908, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13899 and 13908.

How to find the GCF of 13899 and 13908?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13899 and 13908. After we will calculate the factors of 13899 and 13908 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13899

Prime factors of 13899 are 3, 41, 113. Prime factorization of 13899 in exponential form is:

13899 = 3¹ × 41¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13908

Prime factors of 13908 are 2, 3, 19, 61. Prime factorization of 13908 in exponential form is:

13908 = 2² × 3¹ × 19¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 13899

List of positive integer factors of 13899 that divides 13899 without a remainder.

1, 3, 41, 113, 123, 339, 4633

Step-4: Factors of 13908

List of positive integer factors of 13908 that divides 13899 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 19, 38, 57, 61, 76, 114, 122, 183, 228, 244, 366, 732, 1159, 2318, 3477, 4636, 6954

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13899 and 13908. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13899 and 13908 is 3.

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