What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66336 and 66344?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66336 and 66344 is 8.

GCF(66336,66344) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66336 and 66344, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66336 and 66344.

How to find the GCF of 66336 and 66344?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66336 and 66344. After we will calculate the factors of 66336 and 66344 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66336

Prime factors of 66336 are 2, 3, 691. Prime factorization of 66336 in exponential form is:

66336 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 691¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66344

Prime factors of 66344 are 2, 8293. Prime factorization of 66344 in exponential form is:

66344 = 2³ × 8293¹

Step-3: Factors of 66336

List of positive integer factors of 66336 that divides 66336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 691, 1382, 2073, 2764, 4146, 5528, 8292, 11056, 16584, 22112, 33168

Step-4: Factors of 66344

List of positive integer factors of 66344 that divides 66336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8293, 16586, 33172

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66336 and 66344. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66336 and 66344 is 8.

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