What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6490 and 6506?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6490 and 6506 is 2.

GCF(6490,6506) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6490 and 6506, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6490 and 6506.

How to find the GCF of 6490 and 6506?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6490 and 6506. After we will calculate the factors of 6490 and 6506 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6490

Prime factors of 6490 are 2, 5, 11, 59. Prime factorization of 6490 in exponential form is:

6490 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6506

Prime factors of 6506 are 2, 3253. Prime factorization of 6506 in exponential form is:

6506 = 2¹ × 3253¹

Step-3: Factors of 6490

List of positive integer factors of 6490 that divides 6490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 55, 59, 110, 118, 295, 590, 649, 1298, 3245

Step-4: Factors of 6506

List of positive integer factors of 6506 that divides 6490 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3253

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6490 and 6506. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6490 and 6506 is 2.

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