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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66872 and 66888?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66872 and 66888 is 8.

GCF(66872,66888) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66872 and 66888, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66872 and 66888.

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How to find the GCF of 66872 and 66888?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66872 and 66888. After we will calculate the factors of 66872 and 66888 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 66888

Prime factors of 66888 are 2, 3, 929. Prime factorization of 66888 in exponential form is:

66888 = 23 × 32 × 9291

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 66888

List of positive integer factors of 66888 that divides 66872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 929, 1858, 2787, 3716, 5574, 7432, 8361, 11148, 16722, 22296, 33444

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66872 and 66888. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66872 and 66888 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 66872 and 66888