What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65331 and 65346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65331 and 65346 is 3.

GCF(65331,65346) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65331 and 65346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65331 and 65346.

How to find the GCF of 65331 and 65346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65331 and 65346. After we will calculate the factors of 65331 and 65346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65331

Prime factors of 65331 are 3, 7, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 65331 in exponential form is:

65331 = 3² × 7¹ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65346

Prime factors of 65346 are 2, 3, 10891. Prime factorization of 65346 in exponential form is:

65346 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 10891¹

Step-3: Factors of 65331

List of positive integer factors of 65331 that divides 65331 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 17, 21, 51, 61, 63, 119, 153, 183, 357, 427, 549, 1037, 1071, 1281, 3111, 3843, 7259, 9333, 21777

Step-4: Factors of 65346

List of positive integer factors of 65346 that divides 65331 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10891, 21782, 32673

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65331 and 65346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65331 and 65346 is 3.

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