What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66501 and 66518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66501 and 66518 is 1.

GCF(66501,66518) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66501 and 66518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66501 and 66518.

How to find the GCF of 66501 and 66518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66501 and 66518. After we will calculate the factors of 66501 and 66518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66501

Prime factors of 66501 are 3, 821. Prime factorization of 66501 in exponential form is:

66501 = 3⁴ × 821¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66518

Prime factors of 66518 are 2, 79, 421. Prime factorization of 66518 in exponential form is:

66518 = 2¹ × 79¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 66501

List of positive integer factors of 66501 that divides 66501 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 821, 2463, 7389, 22167

Step-4: Factors of 66518

List of positive integer factors of 66518 that divides 66501 without a remainder.

1, 2, 79, 158, 421, 842, 33259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66501 and 66518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66501 and 66518 is 1.

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