What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65534 and 65552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65534 and 65552 is 2.

GCF(65534,65552) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65534 and 65552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65534 and 65552.

How to find the GCF of 65534 and 65552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65534 and 65552. After we will calculate the factors of 65534 and 65552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65534

Prime factors of 65534 are 2, 7, 31, 151. Prime factorization of 65534 in exponential form is:

65534 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 31¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65552

Prime factors of 65552 are 2, 17, 241. Prime factorization of 65552 in exponential form is:

65552 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 65534

List of positive integer factors of 65534 that divides 65534 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 31, 62, 151, 217, 302, 434, 1057, 2114, 4681, 9362, 32767

Step-4: Factors of 65552

List of positive integer factors of 65552 that divides 65534 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 136, 241, 272, 482, 964, 1928, 3856, 4097, 8194, 16388, 32776

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65534 and 65552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65534 and 65552 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65534 and 65552