What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66346 and 66362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66346 and 66362 is 2.

GCF(66346,66362) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66346 and 66362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66346 and 66362.

How to find the GCF of 66346 and 66362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66346 and 66362. After we will calculate the factors of 66346 and 66362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66346

Prime factors of 66346 are 2, 7, 677. Prime factorization of 66346 in exponential form is:

66346 = 2¹ × 7² × 677¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66362

Prime factors of 66362 are 2, 33181. Prime factorization of 66362 in exponential form is:

66362 = 2¹ × 33181¹

Step-3: Factors of 66346

List of positive integer factors of 66346 that divides 66346 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 677, 1354, 4739, 9478, 33173

Step-4: Factors of 66362

List of positive integer factors of 66362 that divides 66346 without a remainder.

1, 2, 33181

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66346 and 66362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66346 and 66362 is 2.

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