What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6321 and 6340?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6321 and 6340 is 1.

GCF(6321,6340) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6321 and 6340, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6321 and 6340.

How to find the GCF of 6321 and 6340?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6321 and 6340. After we will calculate the factors of 6321 and 6340 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6321

Prime factors of 6321 are 3, 7, 43. Prime factorization of 6321 in exponential form is:

6321 = 3¹ × 7² × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6340

Prime factors of 6340 are 2, 5, 317. Prime factorization of 6340 in exponential form is:

6340 = 2² × 5¹ × 317¹

Step-3: Factors of 6321

List of positive integer factors of 6321 that divides 6321 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 43, 49, 129, 147, 301, 903, 2107

Step-4: Factors of 6340

List of positive integer factors of 6340 that divides 6321 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 317, 634, 1268, 1585, 3170

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6321 and 6340. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6321 and 6340 is 1.

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