What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6970 and 6987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6970 and 6987 is 17.

GCF(6970,6987) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6970 and 6987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6970 and 6987.

How to find the GCF of 6970 and 6987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6970 and 6987. After we will calculate the factors of 6970 and 6987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6970

Prime factors of 6970 are 2, 5, 17, 41. Prime factorization of 6970 in exponential form is:

6970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6987

Prime factors of 6987 are 3, 17, 137. Prime factorization of 6987 in exponential form is:

6987 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 6970

List of positive integer factors of 6970 that divides 6970 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 41, 82, 85, 170, 205, 410, 697, 1394, 3485

Step-4: Factors of 6987

List of positive integer factors of 6987 that divides 6970 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 137, 411, 2329

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6970 and 6987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6970 and 6987 is 17.

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