What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65280 and 65286?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65280 and 65286 is 6.

GCF(65280,65286) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65280 and 65286, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65280 and 65286.

How to find the GCF of 65280 and 65286?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65280 and 65286. After we will calculate the factors of 65280 and 65286 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65280

Prime factors of 65280 are 2, 3, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 65280 in exponential form is:

65280 = 2⁸ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65286

Prime factors of 65286 are 2, 3, 13, 31. Prime factorization of 65286 in exponential form is:

65286 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 13¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 65280

List of positive integer factors of 65280 that divides 65280 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24, 30, 32, 34, 40, 48, 51, 60, 64, 68, 80, 85, 96, 102, 120, 128, 136, 160, 170, 192, 204, 240, 255, 256, 272, 320, 340, 384, 408, 480, 510, 544, 640, 680, 768, 816, 960, 1020, 1088, 1280, 1360, 1632, 1920, 2040, 2176, 2720, 3264, 3840, 4080, 4352, 5440, 6528, 8160, 10880, 13056, 16320, 21760, 32640

Step-4: Factors of 65286

List of positive integer factors of 65286 that divides 65280 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 27, 31, 39, 54, 62, 78, 81, 93, 117, 162, 186, 234, 279, 351, 403, 558, 702, 806, 837, 1053, 1209, 1674, 2106, 2418, 2511, 3627, 5022, 7254, 10881, 21762, 32643

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65280 and 65286. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65280 and 65286 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65280 and 65286