What is the Greatest Common Factor of 501 and 516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 501 and 516 is 3.

GCF(501,516) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 501 and 516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 501 and 516.

How to find the GCF of 501 and 516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 501 and 516. After we will calculate the factors of 501 and 516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 501

Prime factors of 501 are 3, 167. Prime factorization of 501 in exponential form is:

501 = 3¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 516

Prime factors of 516 are 2, 3, 43. Prime factorization of 516 in exponential form is:

516 = 2² × 3¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 501

List of positive integer factors of 501 that divides 501 without a remainder.

1, 3, 167

Step-4: Factors of 516

List of positive integer factors of 516 that divides 501 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 43, 86, 129, 172, 258

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 501 and 516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 501 and 516 is 3.

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