What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6886 and 6898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6886 and 6898 is 2.

GCF(6886,6898) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6886 and 6898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6886 and 6898.

How to find the GCF of 6886 and 6898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6886 and 6898. After we will calculate the factors of 6886 and 6898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6886

Prime factors of 6886 are 2, 11, 313. Prime factorization of 6886 in exponential form is:

6886 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6898

Prime factors of 6898 are 2, 3449. Prime factorization of 6898 in exponential form is:

6898 = 2¹ × 3449¹

Step-3: Factors of 6886

List of positive integer factors of 6886 that divides 6886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 313, 626, 3443

Step-4: Factors of 6898

List of positive integer factors of 6898 that divides 6886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6886 and 6898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6886 and 6898 is 2.

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