What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6550 and 6556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6550 and 6556 is 2.

GCF(6550,6556) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6550 and 6556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6550 and 6556.

How to find the GCF of 6550 and 6556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6550 and 6556. After we will calculate the factors of 6550 and 6556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6550

Prime factors of 6550 are 2, 5, 131. Prime factorization of 6550 in exponential form is:

6550 = 2¹ × 5² × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6556

Prime factors of 6556 are 2, 11, 149. Prime factorization of 6556 in exponential form is:

6556 = 2² × 11¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 6550

List of positive integer factors of 6550 that divides 6550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 131, 262, 655, 1310, 3275

Step-4: Factors of 6556

List of positive integer factors of 6556 that divides 6550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 149, 298, 596, 1639, 3278

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6550 and 6556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6550 and 6556 is 2.

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