What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6698 and 6704?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6698 and 6704 is 2.

GCF(6698,6704) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6698 and 6704, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6698 and 6704.

How to find the GCF of 6698 and 6704?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6698 and 6704. After we will calculate the factors of 6698 and 6704 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6698

Prime factors of 6698 are 2, 17, 197. Prime factorization of 6698 in exponential form is:

6698 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6704

Prime factors of 6704 are 2, 419. Prime factorization of 6704 in exponential form is:

6704 = 2⁴ × 419¹

Step-3: Factors of 6698

List of positive integer factors of 6698 that divides 6698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 197, 394, 3349

Step-4: Factors of 6704

List of positive integer factors of 6704 that divides 6698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 419, 838, 1676, 3352

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6698 and 6704. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6698 and 6704 is 2.

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