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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6597 and 6606?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6597 and 6606 is 9.

GCF(6597,6606) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6597 and 6606, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6597 and 6606.

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How to find the GCF of 6597 and 6606?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6597 and 6606. After we will calculate the factors of 6597 and 6606 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6597

Prime factors of 6597 are 3, 733. Prime factorization of 6597 in exponential form is:

6597 = 32 × 7331

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6606

Prime factors of 6606 are 2, 3, 367. Prime factorization of 6606 in exponential form is:

6606 = 21 × 32 × 3671

Step-3: Factors of 6597

List of positive integer factors of 6597 that divides 6597 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 733, 2199

Step-4: Factors of 6606

List of positive integer factors of 6606 that divides 6597 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 367, 734, 1101, 2202, 3303

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6597 and 6606. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6597 and 6606 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6597 and 6606