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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65966 and 65970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65966 and 65970 is 2.

GCF(65966,65970) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65966 and 65970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65966 and 65970.

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How to find the GCF of 65966 and 65970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65966 and 65970. After we will calculate the factors of 65966 and 65970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65966

Prime factors of 65966 are 2, 32983. Prime factorization of 65966 in exponential form is:

65966 = 21 × 329831

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65970

Prime factors of 65970 are 2, 3, 5, 733. Prime factorization of 65970 in exponential form is:

65970 = 21 × 32 × 51 × 7331

Step-3: Factors of 65966

List of positive integer factors of 65966 that divides 65966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32983

Step-4: Factors of 65970

List of positive integer factors of 65970 that divides 65966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, 90, 733, 1466, 2199, 3665, 4398, 6597, 7330, 10995, 13194, 21990, 32985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65966 and 65970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65966 and 65970 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65966 and 65970