What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66422 and 66426?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66422 and 66426 is 2.

GCF(66422,66426) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66422 and 66426, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66422 and 66426.

How to find the GCF of 66422 and 66426?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66422 and 66426. After we will calculate the factors of 66422 and 66426 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66422

Prime factors of 66422 are 2, 33211. Prime factorization of 66422 in exponential form is:

66422 = 2¹ × 33211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66426

Prime factors of 66426 are 2, 3, 11071. Prime factorization of 66426 in exponential form is:

66426 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11071¹

Step-3: Factors of 66422

List of positive integer factors of 66422 that divides 66422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 33211

Step-4: Factors of 66426

List of positive integer factors of 66426 that divides 66422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11071, 22142, 33213

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66422 and 66426. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66422 and 66426 is 2.

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