What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6950 and 6957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6950 and 6957 is 1.

GCF(6950,6957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6950 and 6957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6950 and 6957.

How to find the GCF of 6950 and 6957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6950 and 6957. After we will calculate the factors of 6950 and 6957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6950

Prime factors of 6950 are 2, 5, 139. Prime factorization of 6950 in exponential form is:

6950 = 2¹ × 5² × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6957

Prime factors of 6957 are 3, 773. Prime factorization of 6957 in exponential form is:

6957 = 3² × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 6950

List of positive integer factors of 6950 that divides 6950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 139, 278, 695, 1390, 3475

Step-4: Factors of 6957

List of positive integer factors of 6957 that divides 6950 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 773, 2319

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6950 and 6957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6950 and 6957 is 1.

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