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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6998 and 7018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6998 and 7018 is 2.

GCF(6998,7018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6998 and 7018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6998 and 7018.

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How to find the GCF of 6998 and 7018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6998 and 7018. After we will calculate the factors of 6998 and 7018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6998

Prime factors of 6998 are 2, 3499. Prime factorization of 6998 in exponential form is:

6998 = 21 × 34991

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7018

Prime factors of 7018 are 2, 11, 29. Prime factorization of 7018 in exponential form is:

7018 = 21 × 112 × 291

Step-3: Factors of 6998

List of positive integer factors of 6998 that divides 6998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3499

Step-4: Factors of 7018

List of positive integer factors of 7018 that divides 6998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 29, 58, 121, 242, 319, 638, 3509

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6998 and 7018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6998 and 7018 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6998 and 7018