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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6826 and 6842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6826 and 6842 is 2.

GCF(6826,6842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6826 and 6842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6826 and 6842.

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How to find the GCF of 6826 and 6842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6826 and 6842. After we will calculate the factors of 6826 and 6842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6826

Prime factors of 6826 are 2, 3413. Prime factorization of 6826 in exponential form is:

6826 = 21 × 34131

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6842

Prime factors of 6842 are 2, 11, 311. Prime factorization of 6842 in exponential form is:

6842 = 21 × 111 × 3111

Step-3: Factors of 6826

List of positive integer factors of 6826 that divides 6826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3413

Step-4: Factors of 6842

List of positive integer factors of 6842 that divides 6826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 311, 622, 3421

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6826 and 6842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6826 and 6842 is 2.

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