What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7343 and 7357?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7343 and 7357 is 7.

GCF(7343,7357) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7343 and 7357, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7343 and 7357.

How to find the GCF of 7343 and 7357?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7343 and 7357. After we will calculate the factors of 7343 and 7357 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7343

Prime factors of 7343 are 7, 1049. Prime factorization of 7343 in exponential form is:

7343 = 7¹ × 1049¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7357

Prime factors of 7357 are 7, 1051. Prime factorization of 7357 in exponential form is:

7357 = 7¹ × 1051¹

Step-3: Factors of 7343

List of positive integer factors of 7343 that divides 7343 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1049

Step-4: Factors of 7357

List of positive integer factors of 7357 that divides 7343 without a remainder.

1, 7, 1051

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7343 and 7357. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7343 and 7357 is 7.

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