What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65962 and 65978?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65962 and 65978 is 2.

GCF(65962,65978) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65962 and 65978, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65962 and 65978.

How to find the GCF of 65962 and 65978?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65962 and 65978. After we will calculate the factors of 65962 and 65978 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 65978

Prime factors of 65978 are 2, 11, 2999. Prime factorization of 65978 in exponential form is:

65978 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 2999¹

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 65978

List of positive integer factors of 65978 that divides 65962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 2999, 5998, 32989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65962 and 65978. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65962 and 65978 is 2.

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