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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13978 and 13997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13978 and 13997 is 1.

GCF(13978,13997) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13978 and 13997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13978 and 13997.

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How to find the GCF of 13978 and 13997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13978 and 13997. After we will calculate the factors of 13978 and 13997 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 13997

Prime factors of 13997 are 13997. Prime factorization of 13997 in exponential form is:

13997 = 139971

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 13997

List of positive integer factors of 13997 that divides 13978 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13978 and 13997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13978 and 13997 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 13978 and 13997