What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66950 and 66956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66950 and 66956 is 2.

GCF(66950,66956) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66950 and 66956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66950 and 66956.

How to find the GCF of 66950 and 66956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66950 and 66956. After we will calculate the factors of 66950 and 66956 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66950

Prime factors of 66950 are 2, 5, 13, 103. Prime factorization of 66950 in exponential form is:

66950 = 2¹ × 5² × 13¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66956

Prime factors of 66956 are 2, 19, 881. Prime factorization of 66956 in exponential form is:

66956 = 2² × 19¹ × 881¹

Step-3: Factors of 66950

List of positive integer factors of 66950 that divides 66950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 25, 26, 50, 65, 103, 130, 206, 325, 515, 650, 1030, 1339, 2575, 2678, 5150, 6695, 13390, 33475

Step-4: Factors of 66956

List of positive integer factors of 66956 that divides 66950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 881, 1762, 3524, 16739, 33478

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66950 and 66956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66950 and 66956 is 2.

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