What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65928 and 65946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65928 and 65946 is 6.

GCF(65928,65946) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65928 and 65946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65928 and 65946.

How to find the GCF of 65928 and 65946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65928 and 65946. After we will calculate the factors of 65928 and 65946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65928

Prime factors of 65928 are 2, 3, 41, 67. Prime factorization of 65928 in exponential form is:

65928 = 2³ × 3¹ × 41¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65946

Prime factors of 65946 are 2, 3, 29, 379. Prime factorization of 65946 in exponential form is:

65946 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 379¹

Step-3: Factors of 65928

List of positive integer factors of 65928 that divides 65928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 41, 67, 82, 123, 134, 164, 201, 246, 268, 328, 402, 492, 536, 804, 984, 1608, 2747, 5494, 8241, 10988, 16482, 21976, 32964

Step-4: Factors of 65946

List of positive integer factors of 65946 that divides 65928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 379, 758, 1137, 2274, 10991, 21982, 32973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65928 and 65946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65928 and 65946 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65928 and 65946