What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6904 and 6912?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6904 and 6912 is 8.

GCF(6904,6912) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6904 and 6912, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6904 and 6912.

How to find the GCF of 6904 and 6912?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6904 and 6912. After we will calculate the factors of 6904 and 6912 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6904

Prime factors of 6904 are 2, 863. Prime factorization of 6904 in exponential form is:

6904 = 2³ × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6912

Prime factors of 6912 are 2, 3. Prime factorization of 6912 in exponential form is:

6912 = 2⁸ × 3³

Step-3: Factors of 6904

List of positive integer factors of 6904 that divides 6904 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 863, 1726, 3452

Step-4: Factors of 6912

List of positive integer factors of 6912 that divides 6904 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 27, 32, 36, 48, 54, 64, 72, 96, 108, 128, 144, 192, 216, 256, 288, 384, 432, 576, 768, 864, 1152, 1728, 2304, 3456

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6904 and 6912. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6904 and 6912 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6904 and 6912