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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6884 and 6888?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6884 and 6888 is 4.

GCF(6884,6888) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6884 and 6888, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6884 and 6888.

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How to find the GCF of 6884 and 6888?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6884 and 6888. After we will calculate the factors of 6884 and 6888 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6884

Prime factors of 6884 are 2, 1721. Prime factorization of 6884 in exponential form is:

6884 = 22 × 17211

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6888

Prime factors of 6888 are 2, 3, 7, 41. Prime factorization of 6888 in exponential form is:

6888 = 23 × 31 × 71 × 411

Step-3: Factors of 6884

List of positive integer factors of 6884 that divides 6884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1721, 3442

Step-4: Factors of 6888

List of positive integer factors of 6888 that divides 6884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 24, 28, 41, 42, 56, 82, 84, 123, 164, 168, 246, 287, 328, 492, 574, 861, 984, 1148, 1722, 2296, 3444

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6884 and 6888. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6884 and 6888 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6884 and 6888