What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13942 and 13953?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13942 and 13953 is 1.

GCF(13942,13953) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13942 and 13953, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13942 and 13953.

How to find the GCF of 13942 and 13953?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13942 and 13953. After we will calculate the factors of 13942 and 13953 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13942

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

13942 = 2¹ × 6971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13953

Prime factors of 13953 are 3, 4651. Prime factorization of 13953 in exponential form is:

13953 = 3¹ × 4651¹

Step-3: Factors of 13942

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

1, 2, 6971

Step-4: Factors of 13953

List of positive integer factors of 13953 that divides 13942 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4651

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13942 and 13953. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13942 and 13953 is 1.

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