What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66978 and 66986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66978 and 66986 is 2.

GCF(66978,66986) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66978 and 66986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66978 and 66986.

How to find the GCF of 66978 and 66986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66978 and 66986. After we will calculate the factors of 66978 and 66986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66978

Prime factors of 66978 are 2, 3, 61. Prime factorization of 66978 in exponential form is:

66978 = 2¹ × 3² × 61²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66986

Prime factors of 66986 are 2, 33493. Prime factorization of 66986 in exponential form is:

66986 = 2¹ × 33493¹

Step-3: Factors of 66978

List of positive integer factors of 66978 that divides 66978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 61, 122, 183, 366, 549, 1098, 3721, 7442, 11163, 22326, 33489

Step-4: Factors of 66986

List of positive integer factors of 66986 that divides 66978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 33493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66978 and 66986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66978 and 66986 is 2.

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