What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65420 and 65426?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65420 and 65426 is 2.

GCF(65420,65426) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65420 and 65426, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65420 and 65426.

How to find the GCF of 65420 and 65426?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65420 and 65426. After we will calculate the factors of 65420 and 65426 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65420

Prime factors of 65420 are 2, 5, 3271. Prime factorization of 65420 in exponential form is:

65420 = 2² × 5¹ × 3271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65426

Prime factors of 65426 are 2, 32713. Prime factorization of 65426 in exponential form is:

65426 = 2¹ × 32713¹

Step-3: Factors of 65420

List of positive integer factors of 65420 that divides 65420 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3271, 6542, 13084, 16355, 32710

Step-4: Factors of 65426

List of positive integer factors of 65426 that divides 65420 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32713

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65420 and 65426. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65420 and 65426 is 2.

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