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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6844 and 6852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6844 and 6852 is 4.

GCF(6844,6852) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6844 and 6852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6844 and 6852.

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How to find the GCF of 6844 and 6852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6844 and 6852. After we will calculate the factors of 6844 and 6852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6844

Prime factors of 6844 are 2, 29, 59. Prime factorization of 6844 in exponential form is:

6844 = 22 × 291 × 591

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6852

Prime factors of 6852 are 2, 3, 571. Prime factorization of 6852 in exponential form is:

6852 = 22 × 31 × 5711

Step-3: Factors of 6844

List of positive integer factors of 6844 that divides 6844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 59, 116, 118, 236, 1711, 3422

Step-4: Factors of 6852

List of positive integer factors of 6852 that divides 6844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 571, 1142, 1713, 2284, 3426

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6844 and 6852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6844 and 6852 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6844 and 6852