What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65870 and 65877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65870 and 65877 is 7.

GCF(65870,65877) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65870 and 65877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65870 and 65877.

How to find the GCF of 65870 and 65877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65870 and 65877. After we will calculate the factors of 65870 and 65877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65870

Prime factors of 65870 are 2, 5, 7, 941. Prime factorization of 65870 in exponential form is:

65870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 941¹

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 65870

List of positive integer factors of 65870 that divides 65870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35, 70, 941, 1882, 4705, 6587, 9410, 13174, 32935

Step-4: Factors of 65877

List of positive integer factors of 65877 that divides 65870 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65870 and 65877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65870 and 65877 is 7.

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