What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6880 and 6887?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6880 and 6887 is 1.

GCF(6880,6887) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6880 and 6887, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6880 and 6887.

How to find the GCF of 6880 and 6887?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6880 and 6887. After we will calculate the factors of 6880 and 6887 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6880

Prime factors of 6880 are 2, 5, 43. Prime factorization of 6880 in exponential form is:

6880 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6887

Prime factors of 6887 are 71, 97. Prime factorization of 6887 in exponential form is:

6887 = 71¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 6880

List of positive integer factors of 6880 that divides 6880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 43, 80, 86, 160, 172, 215, 344, 430, 688, 860, 1376, 1720, 3440

Step-4: Factors of 6887

List of positive integer factors of 6887 that divides 6880 without a remainder.

1, 71, 97

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6880 and 6887. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6880 and 6887 is 1.

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