What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65862 and 65882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65862 and 65882 is 2.

GCF(65862,65882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65862 and 65882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65862 and 65882.

How to find the GCF of 65862 and 65882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65862 and 65882. After we will calculate the factors of 65862 and 65882 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 65882

Prime factors of 65882 are 2, 32941. Prime factorization of 65882 in exponential form is:

65882 = 2¹ × 32941¹

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 65882

List of positive integer factors of 65882 that divides 65862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32941

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65862 and 65882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65862 and 65882 is 2.

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