What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6562 and 6582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6562 and 6582 is 2.

GCF(6562,6582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6562 and 6582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6562 and 6582.

How to find the GCF of 6562 and 6582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6562 and 6582. After we will calculate the factors of 6562 and 6582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6562

Prime factors of 6562 are 2, 17, 193. Prime factorization of 6562 in exponential form is:

6562 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6582

Prime factors of 6582 are 2, 3, 1097. Prime factorization of 6582 in exponential form is:

6582 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1097¹

Step-3: Factors of 6562

List of positive integer factors of 6562 that divides 6562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 193, 386, 3281

Step-4: Factors of 6582

List of positive integer factors of 6582 that divides 6562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1097, 2194, 3291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6562 and 6582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6562 and 6582 is 2.

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