What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65832 and 65842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65832 and 65842 is 2.

GCF(65832,65842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65832 and 65842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65832 and 65842.

How to find the GCF of 65832 and 65842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65832 and 65842. After we will calculate the factors of 65832 and 65842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65832

Prime factors of 65832 are 2, 3, 13, 211. Prime factorization of 65832 in exponential form is:

65832 = 2³ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65842

Prime factors of 65842 are 2, 7, 4703. Prime factorization of 65842 in exponential form is:

65842 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4703¹

Step-3: Factors of 65832

List of positive integer factors of 65832 that divides 65832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 26, 39, 52, 78, 104, 156, 211, 312, 422, 633, 844, 1266, 1688, 2532, 2743, 5064, 5486, 8229, 10972, 16458, 21944, 32916

Step-4: Factors of 65842

List of positive integer factors of 65842 that divides 65832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4703, 9406, 32921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65832 and 65842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65832 and 65842 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65832 and 65842