What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13938 and 13955?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13938 and 13955 is 1.

GCF(13938,13955) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13938 and 13955, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13938 and 13955.

How to find the GCF of 13938 and 13955?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13938 and 13955. After we will calculate the factors of 13938 and 13955 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13938

Prime factors of 13938 are 2, 3, 23, 101. Prime factorization of 13938 in exponential form is:

13938 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13955

Prime factors of 13955 are 5, 2791. Prime factorization of 13955 in exponential form is:

13955 = 5¹ × 2791¹

Step-3: Factors of 13938

List of positive integer factors of 13938 that divides 13938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 101, 138, 202, 303, 606, 2323, 4646, 6969

Step-4: Factors of 13955

List of positive integer factors of 13955 that divides 13938 without a remainder.

1, 5, 2791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13938 and 13955. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13938 and 13955 is 1.

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