What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6532 and 6536?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6532 and 6536 is 4.

GCF(6532,6536) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6532 and 6536, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6532 and 6536.

How to find the GCF of 6532 and 6536?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6532 and 6536. After we will calculate the factors of 6532 and 6536 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6532

Prime factors of 6532 are 2, 23, 71. Prime factorization of 6532 in exponential form is:

6532 = 2² × 23¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6536

Prime factors of 6536 are 2, 19, 43. Prime factorization of 6536 in exponential form is:

6536 = 2³ × 19¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 6532

List of positive integer factors of 6532 that divides 6532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 71, 92, 142, 284, 1633, 3266

Step-4: Factors of 6536

List of positive integer factors of 6536 that divides 6532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 43, 76, 86, 152, 172, 344, 817, 1634, 3268

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6532 and 6536. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6532 and 6536 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6532 and 6536