What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13952 and 13960?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13952 and 13960 is 8.

GCF(13952,13960) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13952 and 13960, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13952 and 13960.

How to find the GCF of 13952 and 13960?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13952 and 13960. After we will calculate the factors of 13952 and 13960 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13952

Prime factors of 13952 are 2, 109. Prime factorization of 13952 in exponential form is:

13952 = 2⁷ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13960

Prime factors of 13960 are 2, 5, 349. Prime factorization of 13960 in exponential form is:

13960 = 2³ × 5¹ × 349¹

Step-3: Factors of 13952

List of positive integer factors of 13952 that divides 13952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 109, 128, 218, 436, 872, 1744, 3488, 6976

Step-4: Factors of 13960

List of positive integer factors of 13960 that divides 13952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 349, 698, 1396, 1745, 2792, 3490, 6980

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13952 and 13960. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13952 and 13960 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13952 and 13960