What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64989 and 65004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64989 and 65004 is 3.

GCF(64989,65004) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64989 and 65004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64989 and 65004.

How to find the GCF of 64989 and 65004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64989 and 65004. After we will calculate the factors of 64989 and 65004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64989

Prime factors of 64989 are 3, 29, 83. Prime factorization of 64989 in exponential form is:

64989 = 3³ × 29¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65004

Prime factors of 65004 are 2, 3, 5417. Prime factorization of 65004 in exponential form is:

65004 = 2² × 3¹ × 5417¹

Step-3: Factors of 64989

List of positive integer factors of 64989 that divides 64989 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 29, 83, 87, 249, 261, 747, 783, 2241, 2407, 7221, 21663

Step-4: Factors of 65004

List of positive integer factors of 65004 that divides 64989 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 5417, 10834, 16251, 21668, 32502

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64989 and 65004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64989 and 65004 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 64989 and 65004