What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65572 and 65578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65572 and 65578 is 2.

GCF(65572,65578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65572 and 65578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65572 and 65578.

How to find the GCF of 65572 and 65578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65572 and 65578. After we will calculate the factors of 65572 and 65578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65572

Prime factors of 65572 are 2, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 65572 in exponential form is:

65572 = 2² × 13² × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65578

Prime factors of 65578 are 2, 32789. Prime factorization of 65578 in exponential form is:

65578 = 2¹ × 32789¹

Step-3: Factors of 65572

List of positive integer factors of 65572 that divides 65572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 97, 169, 194, 338, 388, 676, 1261, 2522, 5044, 16393, 32786

Step-4: Factors of 65578

List of positive integer factors of 65578 that divides 65572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65572 and 65578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65572 and 65578 is 2.

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