What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66508 and 66512?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66508 and 66512 is 4.

GCF(66508,66512) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66508 and 66512, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66508 and 66512.

How to find the GCF of 66508 and 66512?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66508 and 66512. After we will calculate the factors of 66508 and 66512 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66508

Prime factors of 66508 are 2, 13, 1279. Prime factorization of 66508 in exponential form is:

66508 = 2² × 13¹ × 1279¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66512

Prime factors of 66512 are 2, 4157. Prime factorization of 66512 in exponential form is:

66512 = 2⁴ × 4157¹

Step-3: Factors of 66508

List of positive integer factors of 66508 that divides 66508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1279, 2558, 5116, 16627, 33254

Step-4: Factors of 66512

List of positive integer factors of 66512 that divides 66508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 4157, 8314, 16628, 33256

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66508 and 66512. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66508 and 66512 is 4.

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