What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65853 and 65865?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65853 and 65865 is 3.

GCF(65853,65865) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65853 and 65865, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65853 and 65865.

How to find the GCF of 65853 and 65865?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65853 and 65865. After we will calculate the factors of 65853 and 65865 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65853

Prime factors of 65853 are 3, 271. Prime factorization of 65853 in exponential form is:

65853 = 3⁵ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65865

Prime factors of 65865 are 3, 5, 4391. Prime factorization of 65865 in exponential form is:

65865 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4391¹

Step-3: Factors of 65853

List of positive integer factors of 65853 that divides 65853 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 271, 813, 2439, 7317, 21951

Step-4: Factors of 65865

List of positive integer factors of 65865 that divides 65853 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4391, 13173, 21955

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65853 and 65865. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65853 and 65865 is 3.

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