What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65238 and 65246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65238 and 65246 is 2.

GCF(65238,65246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65238 and 65246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65238 and 65246.

How to find the GCF of 65238 and 65246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65238 and 65246. After we will calculate the factors of 65238 and 65246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65238

Prime factors of 65238 are 2, 3, 83, 131. Prime factorization of 65238 in exponential form is:

65238 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 83¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65246

Prime factors of 65246 are 2, 17, 19, 101. Prime factorization of 65246 in exponential form is:

65246 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 19¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 65238

List of positive integer factors of 65238 that divides 65238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 83, 131, 166, 249, 262, 393, 498, 786, 10873, 21746, 32619

Step-4: Factors of 65246

List of positive integer factors of 65246 that divides 65238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 19, 34, 38, 101, 202, 323, 646, 1717, 1919, 3434, 3838, 32623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65238 and 65246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65238 and 65246 is 2.

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