What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6501 and 6520?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6501 and 6520 is 1.

GCF(6501,6520) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6501 and 6520, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6501 and 6520.

How to find the GCF of 6501 and 6520?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6501 and 6520. After we will calculate the factors of 6501 and 6520 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6501

Prime factors of 6501 are 3, 11, 197. Prime factorization of 6501 in exponential form is:

6501 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6520

Prime factors of 6520 are 2, 5, 163. Prime factorization of 6520 in exponential form is:

6520 = 2³ × 5¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 6501

List of positive integer factors of 6501 that divides 6501 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 197, 591, 2167

Step-4: Factors of 6520

List of positive integer factors of 6520 that divides 6501 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 163, 326, 652, 815, 1304, 1630, 3260

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6501 and 6520. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6501 and 6520 is 1.

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