What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65940 and 65950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65940 and 65950 is 10.

GCF(65940,65950) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65940 and 65950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65940 and 65950.

How to find the GCF of 65940 and 65950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65940 and 65950. After we will calculate the factors of 65940 and 65950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 65950

Prime factors of 65950 are 2, 5, 1319. Prime factorization of 65950 in exponential form is:

65950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1319¹

Step-3: Factors of 65940

List of positive integer factors of 65940 that divides 65940 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

Step-4: Factors of 65950

List of positive integer factors of 65950 that divides 65940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1319, 2638, 6595, 13190, 32975

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65940 and 65950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65940 and 65950 is 10.

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