What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13906 and 13914?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13906 and 13914 is 2.

GCF(13906,13914) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13906 and 13914, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13906 and 13914.

How to find the GCF of 13906 and 13914?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13906 and 13914. After we will calculate the factors of 13906 and 13914 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13906

Prime factors of 13906 are 2, 17, 409. Prime factorization of 13906 in exponential form is:

13906 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 409¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13914

Prime factors of 13914 are 2, 3, 773. Prime factorization of 13914 in exponential form is:

13914 = 2¹ × 3² × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 13906

List of positive integer factors of 13906 that divides 13906 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 409, 818, 6953

Step-4: Factors of 13914

List of positive integer factors of 13914 that divides 13906 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 773, 1546, 2319, 4638, 6957

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13906 and 13914. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13906 and 13914 is 2.

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