What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66939 and 66952?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66939 and 66952 is 1.

GCF(66939,66952) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66939 and 66952, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66939 and 66952.

How to find the GCF of 66939 and 66952?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66939 and 66952. After we will calculate the factors of 66939 and 66952 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66939

Prime factors of 66939 are 3, 53, 421. Prime factorization of 66939 in exponential form is:

66939 = 3¹ × 53¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66952

Prime factors of 66952 are 2, 8369. Prime factorization of 66952 in exponential form is:

66952 = 2³ × 8369¹

Step-3: Factors of 66939

List of positive integer factors of 66939 that divides 66939 without a remainder.

1, 3, 53, 159, 421, 1263, 22313

Step-4: Factors of 66952

List of positive integer factors of 66952 that divides 66939 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8369, 16738, 33476

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66939 and 66952. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66939 and 66952 is 1.

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