What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6429 and 6441?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6429 and 6441 is 3.

GCF(6429,6441) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6429 and 6441, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6429 and 6441.

How to find the GCF of 6429 and 6441?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6429 and 6441. After we will calculate the factors of 6429 and 6441 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6429

Prime factors of 6429 are 3, 2143. Prime factorization of 6429 in exponential form is:

6429 = 3¹ × 2143¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6441

Prime factors of 6441 are 3, 19, 113. Prime factorization of 6441 in exponential form is:

6441 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 6429

List of positive integer factors of 6429 that divides 6429 without a remainder.

1, 3, 2143

Step-4: Factors of 6441

List of positive integer factors of 6441 that divides 6429 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 113, 339, 2147

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6429 and 6441. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6429 and 6441 is 3.

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