What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6699 and 6711?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6699 and 6711 is 3.

GCF(6699,6711) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6699 and 6711, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6699 and 6711.

How to find the GCF of 6699 and 6711?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6699 and 6711. After we will calculate the factors of 6699 and 6711 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6699

Prime factors of 6699 are 3, 7, 11, 29. Prime factorization of 6699 in exponential form is:

6699 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6711

Prime factors of 6711 are 3, 2237. Prime factorization of 6711 in exponential form is:

6711 = 3¹ × 2237¹

Step-3: Factors of 6699

List of positive integer factors of 6699 that divides 6699 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 29, 33, 77, 87, 203, 231, 319, 609, 957, 2233

Step-4: Factors of 6711

List of positive integer factors of 6711 that divides 6699 without a remainder.

1, 3, 2237

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6699 and 6711. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6699 and 6711 is 3.

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