What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13962 and 13976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13962 and 13976 is 2.

GCF(13962,13976) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13962 and 13976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13962 and 13976.

How to find the GCF of 13962 and 13976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13962 and 13976. After we will calculate the factors of 13962 and 13976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 13976

Prime factors of 13976 are 2, 1747. Prime factorization of 13976 in exponential form is:

13976 = 2³ × 1747¹

Step-3: Factors of 13962

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 13976

List of positive integer factors of 13976 that divides 13962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 1747, 3494, 6988

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13962 and 13976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13962 and 13976 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13962 and 13976