What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65526 and 65544?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65526 and 65544 is 6.

GCF(65526,65544) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65526 and 65544, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65526 and 65544.

How to find the GCF of 65526 and 65544?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65526 and 65544. After we will calculate the factors of 65526 and 65544 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65526

Prime factors of 65526 are 2, 3, 67, 163. Prime factorization of 65526 in exponential form is:

65526 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 67¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65544

Prime factors of 65544 are 2, 3, 2731. Prime factorization of 65544 in exponential form is:

65544 = 2³ × 3¹ × 2731¹

Step-3: Factors of 65526

List of positive integer factors of 65526 that divides 65526 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 67, 134, 163, 201, 326, 402, 489, 978, 10921, 21842, 32763

Step-4: Factors of 65544

List of positive integer factors of 65544 that divides 65526 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 2731, 5462, 8193, 10924, 16386, 21848, 32772

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65526 and 65544. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65526 and 65544 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65526 and 65544