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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6962 and 6980?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6962 and 6980 is 2.

GCF(6962,6980) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6962 and 6980, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6962 and 6980.

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How to find the GCF of 6962 and 6980?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6962 and 6980. After we will calculate the factors of 6962 and 6980 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6962

Prime factors of 6962 are 2, 59. Prime factorization of 6962 in exponential form is:

6962 = 21 × 592

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6980

Prime factors of 6980 are 2, 5, 349. Prime factorization of 6980 in exponential form is:

6980 = 22 × 51 × 3491

Step-3: Factors of 6962

List of positive integer factors of 6962 that divides 6962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 3481

Step-4: Factors of 6980

List of positive integer factors of 6980 that divides 6962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 349, 698, 1396, 1745, 3490

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6962 and 6980. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6962 and 6980 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6962 and 6980