What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6158 and 6176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6158 and 6176 is 2.

GCF(6158,6176) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6158 and 6176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6158 and 6176.

How to find the GCF of 6158 and 6176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6158 and 6176. After we will calculate the factors of 6158 and 6176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6158

Prime factors of 6158 are 2, 3079. Prime factorization of 6158 in exponential form is:

6158 = 2¹ × 3079¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6176

Prime factors of 6176 are 2, 193. Prime factorization of 6176 in exponential form is:

6176 = 2⁵ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 6158

List of positive integer factors of 6158 that divides 6158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3079

Step-4: Factors of 6176

List of positive integer factors of 6176 that divides 6158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 193, 386, 772, 1544, 3088

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6158 and 6176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6158 and 6176 is 2.

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