What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13982 and 13992?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13982 and 13992 is 2.

GCF(13982,13992) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13982 and 13992, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13982 and 13992.

How to find the GCF of 13982 and 13992?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13982 and 13992. After we will calculate the factors of 13982 and 13992 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13982

Prime factors of 13982 are 2, 6991. Prime factorization of 13982 in exponential form is:

13982 = 2¹ × 6991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13992

Prime factors of 13992 are 2, 3, 11, 53. Prime factorization of 13992 in exponential form is:

13992 = 2³ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 13982

List of positive integer factors of 13982 that divides 13982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 6991

Step-4: Factors of 13992

List of positive integer factors of 13992 that divides 13982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 22, 24, 33, 44, 53, 66, 88, 106, 132, 159, 212, 264, 318, 424, 583, 636, 1166, 1272, 1749, 2332, 3498, 4664, 6996

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13982 and 13992. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13982 and 13992 is 2.

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