What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6557 and 6574?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6557 and 6574 is 1.

GCF(6557,6574) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6557 and 6574, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6557 and 6574.

How to find the GCF of 6557 and 6574?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6557 and 6574. After we will calculate the factors of 6557 and 6574 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6557

Prime factors of 6557 are 79, 83. Prime factorization of 6557 in exponential form is:

6557 = 79¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6574

Prime factors of 6574 are 2, 19, 173. Prime factorization of 6574 in exponential form is:

6574 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 6557

List of positive integer factors of 6557 that divides 6557 without a remainder.

1, 79, 83

Step-4: Factors of 6574

List of positive integer factors of 6574 that divides 6557 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 173, 346, 3287

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6557 and 6574. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6557 and 6574 is 1.

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