What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6512 and 6522?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6512 and 6522 is 2.

GCF(6512,6522) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6512 and 6522, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6512 and 6522.

How to find the GCF of 6512 and 6522?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6512 and 6522. After we will calculate the factors of 6512 and 6522 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6512

Prime factors of 6512 are 2, 11, 37. Prime factorization of 6512 in exponential form is:

6512 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6522

Prime factors of 6522 are 2, 3, 1087. Prime factorization of 6522 in exponential form is:

6522 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1087¹

Step-3: Factors of 6512

List of positive integer factors of 6512 that divides 6512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 37, 44, 74, 88, 148, 176, 296, 407, 592, 814, 1628, 3256

Step-4: Factors of 6522

List of positive integer factors of 6522 that divides 6512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1087, 2174, 3261

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6512 and 6522. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6512 and 6522 is 2.

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