What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65962 and 65971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65962 and 65971 is 1.

GCF(65962,65971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65962 and 65971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65962 and 65971.

How to find the GCF of 65962 and 65971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65962 and 65971. After we will calculate the factors of 65962 and 65971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65962

Prime factors of 65962 are 2, 13, 43, 59. Prime factorization of 65962 in exponential form is:

65962 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 43¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65971

Prime factors of 65971 are 37, 1783. Prime factorization of 65971 in exponential form is:

65971 = 37¹ × 1783¹

Step-3: Factors of 65962

List of positive integer factors of 65962 that divides 65962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 43, 59, 86, 118, 559, 767, 1118, 1534, 2537, 5074, 32981

Step-4: Factors of 65971

List of positive integer factors of 65971 that divides 65962 without a remainder.

1, 37, 1783

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65962 and 65971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65962 and 65971 is 1.

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