What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13971 and 13983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13971 and 13983 is 3.

GCF(13971,13983) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13971 and 13983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13971 and 13983.

How to find the GCF of 13971 and 13983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13971 and 13983. After we will calculate the factors of 13971 and 13983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13971

Prime factors of 13971 are 3, 4657. Prime factorization of 13971 in exponential form is:

13971 = 3¹ × 4657¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13983

Prime factors of 13983 are 3, 59, 79. Prime factorization of 13983 in exponential form is:

13983 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 13971

List of positive integer factors of 13971 that divides 13971 without a remainder.

1, 3, 4657

Step-4: Factors of 13983

List of positive integer factors of 13983 that divides 13971 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 79, 177, 237, 4661

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13971 and 13983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13971 and 13983 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13971 and 13983