What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65740 and 65748?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65740 and 65748 is 4.

GCF(65740,65748) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65740 and 65748, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65740 and 65748.

How to find the GCF of 65740 and 65748?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65740 and 65748. After we will calculate the factors of 65740 and 65748 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65740

Prime factors of 65740 are 2, 5, 19, 173. Prime factorization of 65740 in exponential form is:

65740 = 2² × 5¹ × 19¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65748

Prime factors of 65748 are 2, 3, 5479. Prime factorization of 65748 in exponential form is:

65748 = 2² × 3¹ × 5479¹

Step-3: Factors of 65740

List of positive integer factors of 65740 that divides 65740 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 19, 20, 38, 76, 95, 173, 190, 346, 380, 692, 865, 1730, 3287, 3460, 6574, 13148, 16435, 32870

Step-4: Factors of 65748

List of positive integer factors of 65748 that divides 65740 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 5479, 10958, 16437, 21916, 32874

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65740 and 65748. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65740 and 65748 is 4.

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