What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65796 and 65812?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65796 and 65812 is 4.

GCF(65796,65812) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65796 and 65812, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65796 and 65812.

How to find the GCF of 65796 and 65812?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65796 and 65812. After we will calculate the factors of 65796 and 65812 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65796

Prime factors of 65796 are 2, 3, 5483. Prime factorization of 65796 in exponential form is:

65796 = 2² × 3¹ × 5483¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65812

Prime factors of 65812 are 2, 16453. Prime factorization of 65812 in exponential form is:

65812 = 2² × 16453¹

Step-3: Factors of 65796

List of positive integer factors of 65796 that divides 65796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 5483, 10966, 16449, 21932, 32898

Step-4: Factors of 65812

List of positive integer factors of 65812 that divides 65796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 16453, 32906

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65796 and 65812. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65796 and 65812 is 4.

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