What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65668 and 65684?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65668 and 65684 is 4.

GCF(65668,65684) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65668 and 65684, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65668 and 65684.

How to find the GCF of 65668 and 65684?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65668 and 65684. After we will calculate the factors of 65668 and 65684 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 65684

Prime factors of 65684 are 2, 16421. Prime factorization of 65684 in exponential form is:

65684 = 2² × 16421¹

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 65684

List of positive integer factors of 65684 that divides 65668 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 16421, 32842

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65668 and 65684. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65668 and 65684 is 4.

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