What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6996 and 7005?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6996 and 7005 is 3.

GCF(6996,7005) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6996 and 7005, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6996 and 7005.

How to find the GCF of 6996 and 7005?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6996 and 7005. After we will calculate the factors of 6996 and 7005 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6996

Prime factors of 6996 are 2, 3, 11, 53. Prime factorization of 6996 in exponential form is:

6996 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7005

Prime factors of 7005 are 3, 5, 467. Prime factorization of 7005 in exponential form is:

7005 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 467¹

Step-3: Factors of 6996

List of positive integer factors of 6996 that divides 6996 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 53, 66, 106, 132, 159, 212, 318, 583, 636, 1166, 1749, 2332, 3498

Step-4: Factors of 7005

List of positive integer factors of 7005 that divides 6996 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 467, 1401, 2335

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6996 and 7005. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6996 and 7005 is 3.

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