What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13936 and 13942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13936 and 13942 is 2.

GCF(13936,13942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13936 and 13942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13936 and 13942.

How to find the GCF of 13936 and 13942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13936 and 13942. After we will calculate the factors of 13936 and 13942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13936

Prime factors of 13936 are 2, 13, 67. Prime factorization of 13936 in exponential form is:

13936 = 2⁴ × 13¹ × 67¹

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 13936

List of positive integer factors of 13936 that divides 13936 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 52, 67, 104, 134, 208, 268, 536, 871, 1072, 1742, 3484, 6968

Step-4: Factors of 13942

List of positive integer factors of 13942 that divides 13936 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6971

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13936 and 13942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13936 and 13942 is 2.

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