What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65668 and 65672?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65668 and 65672 is 4.

GCF(65668,65672) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65668 and 65672, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65668 and 65672.

How to find the GCF of 65668 and 65672?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65668 and 65672. After we will calculate the factors of 65668 and 65672 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65668

Prime factors of 65668 are 2, 16417. Prime factorization of 65668 in exponential form is:

65668 = 2² × 16417¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65672

Prime factors of 65672 are 2, 8209. Prime factorization of 65672 in exponential form is:

65672 = 2³ × 8209¹

Step-3: Factors of 65668

List of positive integer factors of 65668 that divides 65668 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 16417, 32834

Step-4: Factors of 65672

List of positive integer factors of 65672 that divides 65668 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8209, 16418, 32836

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65668 and 65672. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65668 and 65672 is 4.

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