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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 3428 and 3438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 3428 and 3438 is 2.

GCF(3428,3438) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 3428 and 3438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 3428 and 3438.

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How to find the GCF of 3428 and 3438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 3428 and 3438. After we will calculate the factors of 3428 and 3438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 3428

Prime factors of 3428 are 2, 857. Prime factorization of 3428 in exponential form is:

3428 = 22 × 8571

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 3438

Prime factors of 3438 are 2, 3, 191. Prime factorization of 3438 in exponential form is:

3438 = 21 × 32 × 1911

Step-3: Factors of 3428

List of positive integer factors of 3428 that divides 3428 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 857, 1714

Step-4: Factors of 3438

List of positive integer factors of 3438 that divides 3428 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 191, 382, 573, 1146, 1719

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 3428 and 3438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 3428 and 3438 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 3428 and 3438