What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6585 and 6590?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6585 and 6590 is 5.

GCF(6585,6590) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6585 and 6590, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6585 and 6590.

How to find the GCF of 6585 and 6590?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6585 and 6590. After we will calculate the factors of 6585 and 6590 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6585

Prime factors of 6585 are 3, 5, 439. Prime factorization of 6585 in exponential form is:

6585 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6590

Prime factors of 6590 are 2, 5, 659. Prime factorization of 6590 in exponential form is:

6590 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 6585

List of positive integer factors of 6585 that divides 6585 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 439, 1317, 2195

Step-4: Factors of 6590

List of positive integer factors of 6590 that divides 6585 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 659, 1318, 3295

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6585 and 6590. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6585 and 6590 is 5.

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