What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65598 and 65602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65598 and 65602 is 2.

GCF(65598,65602) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65598 and 65602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65598 and 65602.

How to find the GCF of 65598 and 65602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65598 and 65602. After we will calculate the factors of 65598 and 65602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65598

Prime factors of 65598 are 2, 3, 13, 29. Prime factorization of 65598 in exponential form is:

65598 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 29²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65602

Prime factors of 65602 are 2, 32801. Prime factorization of 65602 in exponential form is:

65602 = 2¹ × 32801¹

Step-3: Factors of 65598

List of positive integer factors of 65598 that divides 65598 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 29, 39, 58, 78, 87, 174, 377, 754, 841, 1131, 1682, 2262, 2523, 5046, 10933, 21866, 32799

Step-4: Factors of 65602

List of positive integer factors of 65602 that divides 65598 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32801

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65598 and 65602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65598 and 65602 is 2.

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