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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6976 and 6990?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6976 and 6990 is 2.

GCF(6976,6990) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6976 and 6990, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6976 and 6990.

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How to find the GCF of 6976 and 6990?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6976 and 6990. After we will calculate the factors of 6976 and 6990 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 6990

Prime factors of 6990 are 2, 3, 5, 233. Prime factorization of 6990 in exponential form is:

6990 = 21 × 31 × 51 × 2331

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 6990

List of positive integer factors of 6990 that divides 6976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 233, 466, 699, 1165, 1398, 2330, 3495

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6976 and 6990. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6976 and 6990 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6976 and 6990