What is the Greatest Common Factor of 500 and 518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 500 and 518 is 2.

GCF(500,518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 500 and 518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 500 and 518.

How to find the GCF of 500 and 518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 500 and 518. After we will calculate the factors of 500 and 518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 500

Prime factors of 500 are 2, 5. Prime factorization of 500 in exponential form is:

500 = 2² × 5³

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 518

Prime factors of 518 are 2, 7, 37. Prime factorization of 518 in exponential form is:

518 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 500

List of positive integer factors of 500 that divides 500 without a remainder.

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

Step-4: Factors of 518

List of positive integer factors of 518 that divides 500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 37, 74, 259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 500 and 518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 500 and 518 is 2.

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