What is the Greatest Common Factor of 3304 and 3318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 3304 and 3318 is 14.

GCF(3304,3318) = 14

We will now calculate the prime factors of 3304 and 3318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 3304 and 3318.

How to find the GCF of 3304 and 3318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 3304 and 3318. After we will calculate the factors of 3304 and 3318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 3304

Prime factors of 3304 are 2, 7, 59. Prime factorization of 3304 in exponential form is:

3304 = 2³ × 7¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 3318

Prime factors of 3318 are 2, 3, 7, 79. Prime factorization of 3318 in exponential form is:

3318 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 3304

List of positive integer factors of 3304 that divides 3304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 59, 118, 236, 413, 472, 826, 1652

Step-4: Factors of 3318

List of positive integer factors of 3318 that divides 3304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 79, 158, 237, 474, 553, 1106, 1659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 3304 and 3318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 3304 and 3318 is 14.

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