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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 3004 and 3018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 3004 and 3018 is 2.

GCF(3004,3018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 3004 and 3018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 3004 and 3018.

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How to find the GCF of 3004 and 3018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 3004 and 3018. After we will calculate the factors of 3004 and 3018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 3004

Prime factors of 3004 are 2, 751. Prime factorization of 3004 in exponential form is:

3004 = 22 × 7511

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 3018

Prime factors of 3018 are 2, 3, 503. Prime factorization of 3018 in exponential form is:

3018 = 21 × 31 × 5031

Step-3: Factors of 3004

List of positive integer factors of 3004 that divides 3004 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 751, 1502

Step-4: Factors of 3018

List of positive integer factors of 3018 that divides 3004 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 503, 1006, 1509

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 3004 and 3018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 3004 and 3018 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 3004 and 3018