What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6398 and 6418?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6398 and 6418 is 2.

GCF(6398,6418) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6398 and 6418, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6398 and 6418.

How to find the GCF of 6398 and 6418?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6398 and 6418. After we will calculate the factors of 6398 and 6418 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6398

Prime factors of 6398 are 2, 7, 457. Prime factorization of 6398 in exponential form is:

6398 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6418

Prime factors of 6418 are 2, 3209. Prime factorization of 6418 in exponential form is:

6418 = 2¹ × 3209¹

Step-3: Factors of 6398

List of positive integer factors of 6398 that divides 6398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 457, 914, 3199

Step-4: Factors of 6418

List of positive integer factors of 6418 that divides 6398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3209

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6398 and 6418. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6398 and 6418 is 2.

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