What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6856 and 6873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6856 and 6873 is 1.

GCF(6856,6873) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6856 and 6873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6856 and 6873.

How to find the GCF of 6856 and 6873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6856 and 6873. After we will calculate the factors of 6856 and 6873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6856

Prime factors of 6856 are 2, 857. Prime factorization of 6856 in exponential form is:

6856 = 2³ × 857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6873

Prime factors of 6873 are 3, 29, 79. Prime factorization of 6873 in exponential form is:

6873 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 6856

List of positive integer factors of 6856 that divides 6856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 857, 1714, 3428

Step-4: Factors of 6873

List of positive integer factors of 6873 that divides 6856 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 79, 87, 237, 2291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6856 and 6873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6856 and 6873 is 1.

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