What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65685 and 65694?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65685 and 65694 is 3.

GCF(65685,65694) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65685 and 65694, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65685 and 65694.

How to find the GCF of 65685 and 65694?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65685 and 65694. After we will calculate the factors of 65685 and 65694 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 65694

Prime factors of 65694 are 2, 3, 10949. Prime factorization of 65694 in exponential form is:

65694 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 10949¹

Step-3: Factors of 65685

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 65694

List of positive integer factors of 65694 that divides 65685 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 10949, 21898, 32847

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65685 and 65694. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65685 and 65694 is 3.

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