What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13943 and 13958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13943 and 13958 is 1.

GCF(13943,13958) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13943 and 13958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13943 and 13958.

How to find the GCF of 13943 and 13958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13943 and 13958. After we will calculate the factors of 13943 and 13958 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13943

Prime factors of 13943 are 73, 191. Prime factorization of 13943 in exponential form is:

13943 = 73¹ × 191¹

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 13943

List of positive integer factors of 13943 that divides 13943 without a remainder.

1, 73, 191

Step-4: Factors of 13958

List of positive integer factors of 13958 that divides 13943 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13943 and 13958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13943 and 13958 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13943 and 13958