What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65871 and 65880?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65871 and 65880 is 9.

GCF(65871,65880) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65871 and 65880, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65871 and 65880.

How to find the GCF of 65871 and 65880?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65871 and 65880. After we will calculate the factors of 65871 and 65880 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65871

Prime factors of 65871 are 3, 13, 563. Prime factorization of 65871 in exponential form is:

65871 = 3² × 13¹ × 563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65880

Prime factors of 65880 are 2, 3, 5, 61. Prime factorization of 65880 in exponential form is:

65880 = 2³ × 3³ × 5¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 65871

List of positive integer factors of 65871 that divides 65871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 563, 1689, 5067, 7319, 21957

Step-4: Factors of 65880

List of positive integer factors of 65880 that divides 65871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 27, 30, 36, 40, 45, 54, 60, 61, 72, 90, 108, 120, 122, 135, 180, 183, 216, 244, 270, 305, 360, 366, 488, 540, 549, 610, 732, 915, 1080, 1098, 1220, 1464, 1647, 1830, 2196, 2440, 2745, 3294, 3660, 4392, 5490, 6588, 7320, 8235, 10980, 13176, 16470, 21960, 32940

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65871 and 65880. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65871 and 65880 is 9.

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