What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13971 and 13986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13971 and 13986 is 3.

GCF(13971,13986) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13971 and 13986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13971 and 13986.

How to find the GCF of 13971 and 13986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13971 and 13986. After we will calculate the factors of 13971 and 13986 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 13986

Prime factors of 13986 are 2, 3, 7, 37. Prime factorization of 13986 in exponential form is:

13986 = 2¹ × 3³ × 7¹ × 37¹

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 13986

List of positive integer factors of 13986 that divides 13971 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 27, 37, 42, 54, 63, 74, 111, 126, 189, 222, 259, 333, 378, 518, 666, 777, 999, 1554, 1998, 2331, 4662, 6993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13971 and 13986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13971 and 13986 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13971 and 13986