What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13968 and 13977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13968 and 13977 is 9.

GCF(13968,13977) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13968 and 13977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13968 and 13977.

How to find the GCF of 13968 and 13977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13968 and 13977. After we will calculate the factors of 13968 and 13977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13968

Prime factors of 13968 are 2, 3, 97. Prime factorization of 13968 in exponential form is:

13968 = 2⁴ × 3² × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13977

Prime factors of 13977 are 3, 1553. Prime factorization of 13977 in exponential form is:

13977 = 3² × 1553¹

Step-3: Factors of 13968

List of positive integer factors of 13968 that divides 13968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, 97, 144, 194, 291, 388, 582, 776, 873, 1164, 1552, 1746, 2328, 3492, 4656, 6984

Step-4: Factors of 13977

List of positive integer factors of 13977 that divides 13968 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1553, 4659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13968 and 13977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13968 and 13977 is 9.

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