What is the least common factor of 66 and 83?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 66 and 83?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 66 and 83.

Factors of 66 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 66. Likewise, factors of 83 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 83.

The factors of 66 are 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, and 66.

The factors 83 are 1 and 83.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 66 and 83?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 66 and 83 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 66 and 83, have 1 as one of its factors. Thus, the answer to the least common factor of any two integers greater than 0 will always be 1.

Now that you know the least common factor of 66 and 83, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 66 and 83. The greatest factor 66 and 83 have in common, per the list above, is 1.

When you asked for the least common factor of 66 and 83, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 66 and 83 is 5478.

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