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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6993 and 6998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6993 and 6998 is 1.

GCF(6993,6998) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6993 and 6998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6993 and 6998.

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How to find the GCF of 6993 and 6998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6993 and 6998. After we will calculate the factors of 6993 and 6998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6993

Prime factors of 6993 are 3, 7, 37. Prime factorization of 6993 in exponential form is:

6993 = 33 × 71 × 371

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6998

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

6998 = 21 × 34991

Step-3: Factors of 6993

List of positive integer factors of 6993 that divides 6993 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 37, 63, 111, 189, 259, 333, 777, 999, 2331

Step-4: Factors of 6998

List of positive integer factors of 6998 that divides 6993 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6993 and 6998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6993 and 6998 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6993 and 6998