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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2937 and 2944?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2937 and 2944 is 1.

GCF(2937,2944) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2937 and 2944, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2937 and 2944.

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How to find the GCF of 2937 and 2944?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2937 and 2944. After we will calculate the factors of 2937 and 2944 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2937

Prime factors of 2937 are 3, 11, 89. Prime factorization of 2937 in exponential form is:

2937 = 31 × 111 × 891

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2944

Prime factors of 2944 are 2, 23. Prime factorization of 2944 in exponential form is:

2944 = 27 × 231

Step-3: Factors of 2937

List of positive integer factors of 2937 that divides 2937 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 89, 267, 979

Step-4: Factors of 2944

List of positive integer factors of 2944 that divides 2937 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 32, 46, 64, 92, 128, 184, 368, 736, 1472

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2937 and 2944. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2937 and 2944 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 2937 and 2944