What is the Greatest Common Factor of 486 and 506?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 486 and 506 is 2.

GCF(486,506) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 486 and 506, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 486 and 506.

How to find the GCF of 486 and 506?

We will first find the prime factorization of 486 and 506. After we will calculate the factors of 486 and 506 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 486

Prime factors of 486 are 2, 3. Prime factorization of 486 in exponential form is:

486 = 2¹ × 3⁵

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 506

Prime factors of 506 are 2, 11, 23. Prime factorization of 506 in exponential form is:

506 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 486

List of positive integer factors of 486 that divides 486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 162, 243

Step-4: Factors of 506

List of positive integer factors of 506 that divides 486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 23, 46, 253

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 486 and 506. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 486 and 506 is 2.

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