What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65862 and 65877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65862 and 65877 is 3.

GCF(65862,65877) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65862 and 65877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65862 and 65877.

How to find the GCF of 65862 and 65877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65862 and 65877. After we will calculate the factors of 65862 and 65877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65862

Prime factors of 65862 are 2, 3, 3659. Prime factorization of 65862 in exponential form is:

65862 = 2¹ × 3² × 3659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65877

Prime factors of 65877 are 3, 7, 3137. Prime factorization of 65877 in exponential form is:

65877 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3137¹

Step-3: Factors of 65862

List of positive integer factors of 65862 that divides 65862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 3659, 7318, 10977, 21954, 32931

Step-4: Factors of 65877

List of positive integer factors of 65877 that divides 65862 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3137, 9411, 21959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65862 and 65877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65862 and 65877 is 3.

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