What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65338 and 65342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65338 and 65342 is 2.

GCF(65338,65342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65338 and 65342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65338 and 65342.

How to find the GCF of 65338 and 65342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65338 and 65342. After we will calculate the factors of 65338 and 65342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65338

Prime factors of 65338 are 2, 7, 13, 359. Prime factorization of 65338 in exponential form is:

65338 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65342

Prime factors of 65342 are 2, 37, 883. Prime factorization of 65342 in exponential form is:

65342 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 883¹

Step-3: Factors of 65338

List of positive integer factors of 65338 that divides 65338 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 26, 91, 182, 359, 718, 2513, 4667, 5026, 9334, 32669

Step-4: Factors of 65342

List of positive integer factors of 65342 that divides 65338 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 883, 1766, 32671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65338 and 65342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65338 and 65342 is 2.

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