What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65679 and 65685?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65679 and 65685 is 3.

GCF(65679,65685) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65679 and 65685, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65679 and 65685.

How to find the GCF of 65679 and 65685?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65679 and 65685. After we will calculate the factors of 65679 and 65685 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65679

Prime factors of 65679 are 3, 21893. Prime factorization of 65679 in exponential form is:

65679 = 3¹ × 21893¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65685

Prime factors of 65685 are 3, 5, 29, 151. Prime factorization of 65685 in exponential form is:

65685 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 65679

List of positive integer factors of 65679 that divides 65679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 21893

Step-4: Factors of 65685

List of positive integer factors of 65685 that divides 65679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 29, 87, 145, 151, 435, 453, 755, 2265, 4379, 13137, 21895

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65679 and 65685. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65679 and 65685 is 3.

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