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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2500 and 2518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2500 and 2518 is 2.

GCF(2500,2518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2500 and 2518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2500 and 2518.

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How to find the GCF of 2500 and 2518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2500 and 2518. After we will calculate the factors of 2500 and 2518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2500

Prime factors of 2500 are 2, 5. Prime factorization of 2500 in exponential form is:

2500 = 22 × 54

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2518

Prime factors of 2518 are 2, 1259. Prime factorization of 2518 in exponential form is:

2518 = 21 × 12591

Step-3: Factors of 2500

List of positive integer factors of 2500 that divides 2500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 125, 250, 500, 625, 1250

Step-4: Factors of 2518

List of positive integer factors of 2518 that divides 2500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 1259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2500 and 2518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2500 and 2518 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 2500 and 2518