What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6715 and 6724?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6715 and 6724 is 1.

GCF(6715,6724) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6715 and 6724, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6715 and 6724.

How to find the GCF of 6715 and 6724?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6715 and 6724. After we will calculate the factors of 6715 and 6724 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6715

Prime factors of 6715 are 5, 17, 79. Prime factorization of 6715 in exponential form is:

6715 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6724

Prime factors of 6724 are 2, 41. Prime factorization of 6724 in exponential form is:

6724 = 2² × 41²

Step-3: Factors of 6715

List of positive integer factors of 6715 that divides 6715 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 79, 85, 395, 1343

Step-4: Factors of 6724

List of positive integer factors of 6724 that divides 6715 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 41, 82, 164, 1681, 3362

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6715 and 6724. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6715 and 6724 is 1.

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