What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65559 and 65565?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65559 and 65565 is 3.

GCF(65559,65565) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65559 and 65565, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65559 and 65565.

How to find the GCF of 65559 and 65565?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65559 and 65565. After we will calculate the factors of 65559 and 65565 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65559

Prime factors of 65559 are 3, 13, 41. Prime factorization of 65559 in exponential form is:

65559 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 41²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65565

Prime factors of 65565 are 3, 5, 31, 47. Prime factorization of 65565 in exponential form is:

65565 = 3² × 5¹ × 31¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 65559

List of positive integer factors of 65559 that divides 65559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 41, 123, 533, 1599, 1681, 5043, 21853

Step-4: Factors of 65565

List of positive integer factors of 65565 that divides 65559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 31, 45, 47, 93, 141, 155, 235, 279, 423, 465, 705, 1395, 1457, 2115, 4371, 7285, 13113, 21855

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65559 and 65565. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65559 and 65565 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65559 and 65565