What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65636 and 65642?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65636 and 65642 is 2.

GCF(65636,65642) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65636 and 65642, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65636 and 65642.

How to find the GCF of 65636 and 65642?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65636 and 65642. After we will calculate the factors of 65636 and 65642 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65636

Prime factors of 65636 are 2, 61, 269. Prime factorization of 65636 in exponential form is:

65636 = 2² × 61¹ × 269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65642

Prime factors of 65642 are 2, 23, 1427. Prime factorization of 65642 in exponential form is:

65642 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1427¹

Step-3: Factors of 65636

List of positive integer factors of 65636 that divides 65636 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 61, 122, 244, 269, 538, 1076, 16409, 32818

Step-4: Factors of 65642

List of positive integer factors of 65642 that divides 65636 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1427, 2854, 32821

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65636 and 65642. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65636 and 65642 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65636 and 65642