What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13941 and 13958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13941 and 13958 is 1.

GCF(13941,13958) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13941 and 13958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13941 and 13958.

How to find the GCF of 13941 and 13958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13941 and 13958. After we will calculate the factors of 13941 and 13958 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13941

Prime factors of 13941 are 3, 1549. Prime factorization of 13941 in exponential form is:

13941 = 3² × 1549¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13958

Prime factors of 13958 are 2, 7, 997. Prime factorization of 13958 in exponential form is:

13958 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 997¹

Step-3: Factors of 13941

List of positive integer factors of 13941 that divides 13941 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1549, 4647

Step-4: Factors of 13958

List of positive integer factors of 13958 that divides 13941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 997, 1994, 6979

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13941 and 13958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13941 and 13958 is 1.

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