What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65300 and 65318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65300 and 65318 is 2.

GCF(65300,65318) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65300 and 65318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65300 and 65318.

How to find the GCF of 65300 and 65318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65300 and 65318. After we will calculate the factors of 65300 and 65318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65300

Prime factors of 65300 are 2, 5, 653. Prime factorization of 65300 in exponential form is:

65300 = 2² × 5² × 653¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65318

Prime factors of 65318 are 2, 11, 2969. Prime factorization of 65318 in exponential form is:

65318 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2969¹

Step-3: Factors of 65300

List of positive integer factors of 65300 that divides 65300 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 653, 1306, 2612, 3265, 6530, 13060, 16325, 32650

Step-4: Factors of 65318

List of positive integer factors of 65318 that divides 65300 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2969, 5938, 32659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65300 and 65318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65300 and 65318 is 2.

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