What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6880 and 6892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6880 and 6892 is 4.

GCF(6880,6892) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6880 and 6892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6880 and 6892.

How to find the GCF of 6880 and 6892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6880 and 6892. After we will calculate the factors of 6880 and 6892 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 6892

Prime factors of 6892 are 2, 1723. Prime factorization of 6892 in exponential form is:

6892 = 2² × 1723¹

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 6892

List of positive integer factors of 6892 that divides 6880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1723, 3446

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6880 and 6892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6880 and 6892 is 4.

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