What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13979 and 13984?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13979 and 13984 is 1.

GCF(13979,13984) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13979 and 13984, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13979 and 13984.

How to find the GCF of 13979 and 13984?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13979 and 13984. After we will calculate the factors of 13979 and 13984 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13979

Prime factors of 13979 are 7, 1997. Prime factorization of 13979 in exponential form is:

13979 = 7¹ × 1997¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13984

Prime factors of 13984 are 2, 19, 23. Prime factorization of 13984 in exponential form is:

13984 = 2⁵ × 19¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 13979

List of positive integer factors of 13979 that divides 13979 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1997

Step-4: Factors of 13984

List of positive integer factors of 13984 that divides 13979 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 19, 23, 32, 38, 46, 76, 92, 152, 184, 304, 368, 437, 608, 736, 874, 1748, 3496, 6992

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13979 and 13984. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13979 and 13984 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13979 and 13984