What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6927 and 6945?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6927 and 6945 is 3.

GCF(6927,6945) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6927 and 6945, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6927 and 6945.

How to find the GCF of 6927 and 6945?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6927 and 6945. After we will calculate the factors of 6927 and 6945 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6927

Prime factors of 6927 are 3, 2309. Prime factorization of 6927 in exponential form is:

6927 = 3¹ × 2309¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6945

Prime factors of 6945 are 3, 5, 463. Prime factorization of 6945 in exponential form is:

6945 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 463¹

Step-3: Factors of 6927

List of positive integer factors of 6927 that divides 6927 without a remainder.

1, 3, 2309

Step-4: Factors of 6945

List of positive integer factors of 6945 that divides 6927 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 463, 1389, 2315

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6927 and 6945. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6927 and 6945 is 3.

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