What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65712 and 65732?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65712 and 65732 is 4.

GCF(65712,65732) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65712 and 65732, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65712 and 65732.

How to find the GCF of 65712 and 65732?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65712 and 65732. After we will calculate the factors of 65712 and 65732 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65712

Prime factors of 65712 are 2, 3, 37. Prime factorization of 65712 in exponential form is:

65712 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 37²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65732

Prime factors of 65732 are 2, 16433. Prime factorization of 65732 in exponential form is:

65732 = 2² × 16433¹

Step-3: Factors of 65712

List of positive integer factors of 65712 that divides 65712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 37, 48, 74, 111, 148, 222, 296, 444, 592, 888, 1369, 1776, 2738, 4107, 5476, 8214, 10952, 16428, 21904, 32856

Step-4: Factors of 65732

List of positive integer factors of 65732 that divides 65712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 16433, 32866

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65712 and 65732. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65712 and 65732 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65712 and 65732