What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6501 and 6505?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6501 and 6505 is 1.

GCF(6501,6505) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6501 and 6505, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6501 and 6505.

How to find the GCF of 6501 and 6505?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6501 and 6505. After we will calculate the factors of 6501 and 6505 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6501

Prime factors of 6501 are 3, 11, 197. Prime factorization of 6501 in exponential form is:

6501 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6505

Prime factors of 6505 are 5, 1301. Prime factorization of 6505 in exponential form is:

6505 = 5¹ × 1301¹

Step-3: Factors of 6501

List of positive integer factors of 6501 that divides 6501 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 197, 591, 2167

Step-4: Factors of 6505

List of positive integer factors of 6505 that divides 6501 without a remainder.

1, 5, 1301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6501 and 6505. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6501 and 6505 is 1.

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