What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13932 and 13942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13932 and 13942 is 2.

GCF(13932,13942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13932 and 13942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13932 and 13942.

How to find the GCF of 13932 and 13942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13932 and 13942. After we will calculate the factors of 13932 and 13942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 13942

Prime factors of 13942 are 2, 6971. Prime factorization of 13942 in exponential form is:

13942 = 2¹ × 6971¹

Step-3: Factors of 13932

List of positive integer factors of 13932 that divides 13932 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

Step-4: Factors of 13942

List of positive integer factors of 13942 that divides 13932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6971

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13932 and 13942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13932 and 13942 is 2.

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