What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13956 and 13962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13956 and 13962 is 6.

GCF(13956,13962) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13956 and 13962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13956 and 13962.

How to find the GCF of 13956 and 13962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13956 and 13962. After we will calculate the factors of 13956 and 13962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13956

Prime factors of 13956 are 2, 3, 1163. Prime factorization of 13956 in exponential form is:

13956 = 2² × 3¹ × 1163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13962

Prime factors of 13962 are 2, 3, 13, 179. Prime factorization of 13962 in exponential form is:

13962 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 13956

List of positive integer factors of 13956 that divides 13956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1163, 2326, 3489, 4652, 6978

Step-4: Factors of 13962

List of positive integer factors of 13962 that divides 13956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 179, 358, 537, 1074, 2327, 4654, 6981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13956 and 13962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13956 and 13962 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13956 and 13962