What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66846 and 66864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66846 and 66864 is 6.

GCF(66846,66864) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66846 and 66864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66846 and 66864.

How to find the GCF of 66846 and 66864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66846 and 66864. After we will calculate the factors of 66846 and 66864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66846

Prime factors of 66846 are 2, 3, 13, 857. Prime factorization of 66846 in exponential form is:

66846 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66864

Prime factors of 66864 are 2, 3, 7, 199. Prime factorization of 66864 in exponential form is:

66864 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 66846

List of positive integer factors of 66846 that divides 66846 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 857, 1714, 2571, 5142, 11141, 22282, 33423

Step-4: Factors of 66864

List of positive integer factors of 66864 that divides 66846 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 21, 24, 28, 42, 48, 56, 84, 112, 168, 199, 336, 398, 597, 796, 1194, 1393, 1592, 2388, 2786, 3184, 4179, 4776, 5572, 8358, 9552, 11144, 16716, 22288, 33432

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66846 and 66864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66846 and 66864 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 66846 and 66864