What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66872 and 66878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66872 and 66878 is 2.

GCF(66872,66878) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66872 and 66878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66872 and 66878.

How to find the GCF of 66872 and 66878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66872 and 66878. After we will calculate the factors of 66872 and 66878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66872

Prime factors of 66872 are 2, 13, 643. Prime factorization of 66872 in exponential form is:

66872 = 2³ × 13¹ × 643¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66878

Prime factors of 66878 are 2, 7, 17, 281. Prime factorization of 66878 in exponential form is:

66878 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 66872

List of positive integer factors of 66872 that divides 66872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 643, 1286, 2572, 5144, 8359, 16718, 33436

Step-4: Factors of 66878

List of positive integer factors of 66878 that divides 66872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 34, 119, 238, 281, 562, 1967, 3934, 4777, 9554, 33439

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66872 and 66878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66872 and 66878 is 2.

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