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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65965 and 65972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65965 and 65972 is 1.

GCF(65965,65972) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65965 and 65972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65965 and 65972.

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How to find the GCF of 65965 and 65972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65965 and 65972. After we will calculate the factors of 65965 and 65972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65965

Prime factors of 65965 are 5, 79, 167. Prime factorization of 65965 in exponential form is:

65965 = 51 × 791 × 1671

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65972

Prime factors of 65972 are 2, 16493. Prime factorization of 65972 in exponential form is:

65972 = 22 × 164931

Step-3: Factors of 65965

List of positive integer factors of 65965 that divides 65965 without a remainder.

1, 5, 79, 167, 395, 835, 13193

Step-4: Factors of 65972

List of positive integer factors of 65972 that divides 65965 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 16493, 32986

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65965 and 65972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65965 and 65972 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65965 and 65972