What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6972 and 6987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6972 and 6987 is 3.

GCF(6972,6987) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6972 and 6987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6972 and 6987.

How to find the GCF of 6972 and 6987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6972 and 6987. After we will calculate the factors of 6972 and 6987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6972

Prime factors of 6972 are 2, 3, 7, 83. Prime factorization of 6972 in exponential form is:

6972 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 83¹

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 6972

List of positive integer factors of 6972 that divides 6972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 83, 84, 166, 249, 332, 498, 581, 996, 1162, 1743, 2324, 3486

Step-4: Factors of 6987

List of positive integer factors of 6987 that divides 6972 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6972 and 6987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6972 and 6987 is 3.

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