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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6982 and 6994?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6982 and 6994 is 2.

GCF(6982,6994) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6982 and 6994, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6982 and 6994.

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How to find the GCF of 6982 and 6994?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6982 and 6994. After we will calculate the factors of 6982 and 6994 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6982

Prime factors of 6982 are 2, 3491. Prime factorization of 6982 in exponential form is:

6982 = 21 × 34911

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6994

Prime factors of 6994 are 2, 13, 269. Prime factorization of 6994 in exponential form is:

6994 = 21 × 131 × 2691

Step-3: Factors of 6982

List of positive integer factors of 6982 that divides 6982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3491

Step-4: Factors of 6994

List of positive integer factors of 6994 that divides 6982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 269, 538, 3497

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6982 and 6994. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6982 and 6994 is 2.

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