What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65646 and 65661?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65646 and 65661 is 3.

GCF(65646,65661) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65646 and 65661, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65646 and 65661.

How to find the GCF of 65646 and 65661?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65646 and 65661. After we will calculate the factors of 65646 and 65661 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65646

Prime factors of 65646 are 2, 3, 7, 521. Prime factorization of 65646 in exponential form is:

65646 = 2¹ × 3² × 7¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65661

Prime factors of 65661 are 3, 43, 509. Prime factorization of 65661 in exponential form is:

65661 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 509¹

Step-3: Factors of 65646

List of positive integer factors of 65646 that divides 65646 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 126, 521, 1042, 1563, 3126, 3647, 4689, 7294, 9378, 10941, 21882, 32823

Step-4: Factors of 65661

List of positive integer factors of 65661 that divides 65646 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 509, 1527, 21887

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65646 and 65661. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65646 and 65661 is 3.

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