What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6554 and 6558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6554 and 6558 is 2.

GCF(6554,6558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6554 and 6558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6554 and 6558.

How to find the GCF of 6554 and 6558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6554 and 6558. After we will calculate the factors of 6554 and 6558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6554

Prime factors of 6554 are 2, 29, 113. Prime factorization of 6554 in exponential form is:

6554 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6558

Prime factors of 6558 are 2, 3, 1093. Prime factorization of 6558 in exponential form is:

6558 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1093¹

Step-3: Factors of 6554

List of positive integer factors of 6554 that divides 6554 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 113, 226, 3277

Step-4: Factors of 6558

List of positive integer factors of 6558 that divides 6554 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1093, 2186, 3279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6554 and 6558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6554 and 6558 is 2.

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