What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65501 and 65518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65501 and 65518 is 17.

GCF(65501,65518) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65501 and 65518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65501 and 65518.

How to find the GCF of 65501 and 65518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65501 and 65518. After we will calculate the factors of 65501 and 65518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65501

Prime factors of 65501 are 17, 3853. Prime factorization of 65501 in exponential form is:

65501 = 17¹ × 3853¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65518

Prime factors of 65518 are 2, 17, 41, 47. Prime factorization of 65518 in exponential form is:

65518 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 41¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 65501

List of positive integer factors of 65501 that divides 65501 without a remainder.

1, 17, 3853

Step-4: Factors of 65518

List of positive integer factors of 65518 that divides 65501 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 41, 47, 82, 94, 697, 799, 1394, 1598, 1927, 3854, 32759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65501 and 65518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65501 and 65518 is 17.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65501 and 65518