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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 3506 and 3512?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 3506 and 3512 is 2.

GCF(3506,3512) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 3506 and 3512, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 3506 and 3512.

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How to find the GCF of 3506 and 3512?

We will first find the prime factorization of 3506 and 3512. After we will calculate the factors of 3506 and 3512 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 3506

Prime factors of 3506 are 2, 1753. Prime factorization of 3506 in exponential form is:

3506 = 21 × 17531

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 3512

Prime factors of 3512 are 2, 439. Prime factorization of 3512 in exponential form is:

3512 = 23 × 4391

Step-3: Factors of 3506

List of positive integer factors of 3506 that divides 3506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 1753

Step-4: Factors of 3512

List of positive integer factors of 3512 that divides 3506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 439, 878, 1756

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 3506 and 3512. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 3506 and 3512 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 3506 and 3512