What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64642 and 64662?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64642 and 64662 is 2.

GCF(64642,64662) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64642 and 64662, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64642 and 64662.

How to find the GCF of 64642 and 64662?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64642 and 64662. After we will calculate the factors of 64642 and 64662 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64642

Prime factors of 64642 are 2, 32321. Prime factorization of 64642 in exponential form is:

64642 = 2¹ × 32321¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64662

Prime factors of 64662 are 2, 3, 13, 829. Prime factorization of 64662 in exponential form is:

64662 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 829¹

Step-3: Factors of 64642

List of positive integer factors of 64642 that divides 64642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32321

Step-4: Factors of 64662

List of positive integer factors of 64662 that divides 64642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 829, 1658, 2487, 4974, 10777, 21554, 32331

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64642 and 64662. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64642 and 64662 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 64642 and 64662