What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65430 and 65438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65430 and 65438 is 2.

GCF(65430,65438) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65430 and 65438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65430 and 65438.

How to find the GCF of 65430 and 65438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65430 and 65438. After we will calculate the factors of 65430 and 65438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65430

Prime factors of 65430 are 2, 3, 5, 727. Prime factorization of 65430 in exponential form is:

65430 = 2¹ × 3² × 5¹ × 727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65438

Prime factors of 65438 are 2, 32719. Prime factorization of 65438 in exponential form is:

65438 = 2¹ × 32719¹

Step-3: Factors of 65430

List of positive integer factors of 65430 that divides 65430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, 90, 727, 1454, 2181, 3635, 4362, 6543, 7270, 10905, 13086, 21810, 32715

Step-4: Factors of 65438

List of positive integer factors of 65438 that divides 65430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32719

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65430 and 65438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65430 and 65438 is 2.

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