What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65937 and 65948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65937 and 65948 is 1.

GCF(65937,65948) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65937 and 65948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65937 and 65948.

How to find the GCF of 65937 and 65948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65937 and 65948. After we will calculate the factors of 65937 and 65948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65937

Prime factors of 65937 are 3, 31, 709. Prime factorization of 65937 in exponential form is:

65937 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 709¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65948

Prime factors of 65948 are 2, 16487. Prime factorization of 65948 in exponential form is:

65948 = 2² × 16487¹

Step-3: Factors of 65937

List of positive integer factors of 65937 that divides 65937 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 709, 2127, 21979

Step-4: Factors of 65948

List of positive integer factors of 65948 that divides 65937 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 16487, 32974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65937 and 65948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65937 and 65948 is 1.

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