What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65856 and 65868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65856 and 65868 is 12.

GCF(65856,65868) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65856 and 65868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65856 and 65868.

How to find the GCF of 65856 and 65868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65856 and 65868. After we will calculate the factors of 65856 and 65868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65856

Prime factors of 65856 are 2, 3, 7. Prime factorization of 65856 in exponential form is:

65856 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 7³

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65868

Prime factors of 65868 are 2, 3, 11, 499. Prime factorization of 65868 in exponential form is:

65868 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 65856

List of positive integer factors of 65856 that divides 65856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 21, 24, 28, 32, 42, 48, 49, 56, 64, 84, 96, 98, 112, 147, 168, 192, 196, 224, 294, 336, 343, 392, 448, 588, 672, 686, 784, 1029, 1176, 1344, 1372, 1568, 2058, 2352, 2744, 3136, 4116, 4704, 5488, 8232, 9408, 10976, 16464, 21952, 32928

Step-4: Factors of 65868

List of positive integer factors of 65868 that divides 65856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 499, 998, 1497, 1996, 2994, 5489, 5988, 10978, 16467, 21956, 32934

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65856 and 65868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65856 and 65868 is 12.

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