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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65931 and 65940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65931 and 65940 is 3.

GCF(65931,65940) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65931 and 65940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65931 and 65940.

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How to find the GCF of 65931 and 65940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65931 and 65940. After we will calculate the factors of 65931 and 65940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65931

Prime factors of 65931 are 3, 21977. Prime factorization of 65931 in exponential form is:

65931 = 31 × 219771

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65940

Prime factors of 65940 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 157. Prime factorization of 65940 in exponential form is:

65940 = 22 × 31 × 51 × 71 × 1571

Step-3: Factors of 65931

List of positive integer factors of 65931 that divides 65931 without a remainder.

1, 3, 21977

Step-4: Factors of 65940

List of positive integer factors of 65940 that divides 65931 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21, 28, 30, 35, 42, 60, 70, 84, 105, 140, 157, 210, 314, 420, 471, 628, 785, 942, 1099, 1570, 1884, 2198, 2355, 3140, 3297, 4396, 4710, 5495, 6594, 9420, 10990, 13188, 16485, 21980, 32970

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65931 and 65940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65931 and 65940 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65931 and 65940