What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6976 and 6983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6976 and 6983 is 1.

GCF(6976,6983) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6976 and 6983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6976 and 6983.

How to find the GCF of 6976 and 6983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6976 and 6983. After we will calculate the factors of 6976 and 6983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6976

Prime factors of 6976 are 2, 109. Prime factorization of 6976 in exponential form is:

6976 = 2⁶ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6983

Prime factors of 6983 are 6983. Prime factorization of 6983 in exponential form is:

6983 = 6983¹

Step-3: Factors of 6976

List of positive integer factors of 6976 that divides 6976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 109, 218, 436, 872, 1744, 3488

Step-4: Factors of 6983

List of positive integer factors of 6983 that divides 6976 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6976 and 6983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6976 and 6983 is 1.

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