What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65494 and 65498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65494 and 65498 is 2.

GCF(65494,65498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65494 and 65498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65494 and 65498.

How to find the GCF of 65494 and 65498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65494 and 65498. After we will calculate the factors of 65494 and 65498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65494

Prime factors of 65494 are 2, 11, 13, 229. Prime factorization of 65494 in exponential form is:

65494 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65498

Prime factors of 65498 are 2, 32749. Prime factorization of 65498 in exponential form is:

65498 = 2¹ × 32749¹

Step-3: Factors of 65494

List of positive integer factors of 65494 that divides 65494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 143, 229, 286, 458, 2519, 2977, 5038, 5954, 32747

Step-4: Factors of 65498

List of positive integer factors of 65498 that divides 65494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32749

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65494 and 65498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65494 and 65498 is 2.

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