What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13917 and 13932?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13917 and 13932 is 3.

GCF(13917,13932) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13917 and 13932, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13917 and 13932.

How to find the GCF of 13917 and 13932?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13917 and 13932. After we will calculate the factors of 13917 and 13932 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13917

Prime factors of 13917 are 3, 4639. Prime factorization of 13917 in exponential form is:

13917 = 3¹ × 4639¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13932

Prime factors of 13932 are 2, 3, 43. Prime factorization of 13932 in exponential form is:

13932 = 2² × 3⁴ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 13917

List of positive integer factors of 13917 that divides 13917 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4639

Step-4: Factors of 13932

List of positive integer factors of 13932 that divides 13917 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 43, 54, 81, 86, 108, 129, 162, 172, 258, 324, 387, 516, 774, 1161, 1548, 2322, 3483, 4644, 6966

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13917 and 13932. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13917 and 13932 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13917 and 13932