What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6488 and 6494?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6488 and 6494 is 2.

GCF(6488,6494) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6488 and 6494, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6488 and 6494.

How to find the GCF of 6488 and 6494?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6488 and 6494. After we will calculate the factors of 6488 and 6494 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6488

Prime factors of 6488 are 2, 811. Prime factorization of 6488 in exponential form is:

6488 = 2³ × 811¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6494

Prime factors of 6494 are 2, 17, 191. Prime factorization of 6494 in exponential form is:

6494 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 6488

List of positive integer factors of 6488 that divides 6488 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 811, 1622, 3244

Step-4: Factors of 6494

List of positive integer factors of 6494 that divides 6488 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 191, 382, 3247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6488 and 6494. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6488 and 6494 is 2.

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