What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6402 and 6412?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6402 and 6412 is 2.

GCF(6402,6412) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6402 and 6412, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6402 and 6412.

How to find the GCF of 6402 and 6412?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6402 and 6412. After we will calculate the factors of 6402 and 6412 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6402

Prime factors of 6402 are 2, 3, 11, 97. Prime factorization of 6402 in exponential form is:

6402 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6412

Prime factors of 6412 are 2, 7, 229. Prime factorization of 6412 in exponential form is:

6412 = 2² × 7¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 6402

List of positive integer factors of 6402 that divides 6402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 97, 194, 291, 582, 1067, 2134, 3201

Step-4: Factors of 6412

List of positive integer factors of 6412 that divides 6402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 229, 458, 916, 1603, 3206

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6402 and 6412. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6402 and 6412 is 2.

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