What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6736 and 6747?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6736 and 6747 is 1.

GCF(6736,6747) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6736 and 6747, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6736 and 6747.

How to find the GCF of 6736 and 6747?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6736 and 6747. After we will calculate the factors of 6736 and 6747 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6736

Prime factors of 6736 are 2, 421. Prime factorization of 6736 in exponential form is:

6736 = 2⁴ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6747

Prime factors of 6747 are 3, 13, 173. Prime factorization of 6747 in exponential form is:

6747 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 6736

List of positive integer factors of 6736 that divides 6736 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 421, 842, 1684, 3368

Step-4: Factors of 6747

List of positive integer factors of 6747 that divides 6736 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 173, 519, 2249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6736 and 6747. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6736 and 6747 is 1.

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