What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13988 and 14001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13988 and 14001 is 13.

GCF(13988,14001) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13988 and 14001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13988 and 14001.

How to find the GCF of 13988 and 14001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13988 and 14001. After we will calculate the factors of 13988 and 14001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13988

Prime factors of 13988 are 2, 13, 269. Prime factorization of 13988 in exponential form is:

13988 = 2² × 13¹ × 269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14001

Prime factors of 14001 are 3, 13, 359. Prime factorization of 14001 in exponential form is:

14001 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 13988

List of positive integer factors of 13988 that divides 13988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 269, 538, 1076, 3497, 6994

Step-4: Factors of 14001

List of positive integer factors of 14001 that divides 13988 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 359, 1077, 4667

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13988 and 14001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13988 and 14001 is 13.

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