What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65894 and 65900?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65894 and 65900 is 2.

GCF(65894,65900) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65894 and 65900, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65894 and 65900.

How to find the GCF of 65894 and 65900?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65894 and 65900. After we will calculate the factors of 65894 and 65900 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65894

Prime factors of 65894 are 2, 47, 701. Prime factorization of 65894 in exponential form is:

65894 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 701¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65900

Prime factors of 65900 are 2, 5, 659. Prime factorization of 65900 in exponential form is:

65900 = 2² × 5² × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 65894

List of positive integer factors of 65894 that divides 65894 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 701, 1402, 32947

Step-4: Factors of 65900

List of positive integer factors of 65900 that divides 65894 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 659, 1318, 2636, 3295, 6590, 13180, 16475, 32950

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65894 and 65900. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65894 and 65900 is 2.

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