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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13978 and 13983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13978 and 13983 is 1.

GCF(13978,13983) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13978 and 13983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13978 and 13983.

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How to find the GCF of 13978 and 13983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13978 and 13983. After we will calculate the factors of 13978 and 13983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13978

Prime factors of 13978 are 2, 29, 241. Prime factorization of 13978 in exponential form is:

13978 = 21 × 291 × 2411

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 13978

List of positive integer factors of 13978 that divides 13978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 241, 482, 6989

Step-4: Factors of 13983

List of positive integer factors of 13983 that divides 13978 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13978 and 13983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13978 and 13983 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13978 and 13983