What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65718 and 65727?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65718 and 65727 is 9.

GCF(65718,65727) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65718 and 65727, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65718 and 65727.

How to find the GCF of 65718 and 65727?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65718 and 65727. After we will calculate the factors of 65718 and 65727 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65718

Prime factors of 65718 are 2, 3, 1217. Prime factorization of 65718 in exponential form is:

65718 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1217¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65727

Prime factors of 65727 are 3, 67, 109. Prime factorization of 65727 in exponential form is:

65727 = 3² × 67¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 65718

List of positive integer factors of 65718 that divides 65718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1217, 2434, 3651, 7302, 10953, 21906, 32859

Step-4: Factors of 65727

List of positive integer factors of 65727 that divides 65718 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 67, 109, 201, 327, 603, 981, 7303, 21909

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65718 and 65727. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65718 and 65727 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65718 and 65727