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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65970 and 65982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65970 and 65982 is 6.

GCF(65970,65982) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65970 and 65982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65970 and 65982.

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How to find the GCF of 65970 and 65982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65970 and 65982. After we will calculate the factors of 65970 and 65982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 65982

Prime factors of 65982 are 2, 3, 7, 1571. Prime factorization of 65982 in exponential form is:

65982 = 21 × 31 × 71 × 15711

Step-3: Factors of 65970

List of positive integer factors of 65970 that divides 65970 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

Step-4: Factors of 65982

List of positive integer factors of 65982 that divides 65970 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 1571, 3142, 4713, 9426, 10997, 21994, 32991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65970 and 65982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65970 and 65982 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 65970 and 65982