What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65970 and 65987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65970 and 65987 is 1.

GCF(65970,65987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65970 and 65987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65970 and 65987.

How to find the GCF of 65970 and 65987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65970 and 65987. After we will calculate the factors of 65970 and 65987 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 65987

Prime factors of 65987 are 19, 23, 151. Prime factorization of 65987 in exponential form is:

65987 = 19¹ × 23¹ × 151¹

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 65987

List of positive integer factors of 65987 that divides 65970 without a remainder.

1, 19, 23, 151, 437, 2869, 3473

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65970 and 65987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65970 and 65987 is 1.

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