What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13992 and 14001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13992 and 14001 is 3.

GCF(13992,14001) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13992 and 14001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13992 and 14001.

How to find the GCF of 13992 and 14001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13992 and 14001. After we will calculate the factors of 13992 and 14001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-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 13992

List of positive integer factors of 13992 that divides 13992 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

Step-4: Factors of 14001

List of positive integer factors of 14001 that divides 13992 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13992 and 14001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13992 and 14001 is 3.

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