What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34964 and 34968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34964 and 34968 is 4.

GCF(34964,34968) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34964 and 34968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34964 and 34968.

How to find the GCF of 34964 and 34968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34964 and 34968. After we will calculate the factors of 34964 and 34968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34964

Prime factors of 34964 are 2, 8741. Prime factorization of 34964 in exponential form is:

34964 = 2² × 8741¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34968

Prime factors of 34968 are 2, 3, 31, 47. Prime factorization of 34968 in exponential form is:

34968 = 2³ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 34964

List of positive integer factors of 34964 that divides 34964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8741, 17482

Step-4: Factors of 34968

List of positive integer factors of 34968 that divides 34964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 31, 47, 62, 93, 94, 124, 141, 186, 188, 248, 282, 372, 376, 564, 744, 1128, 1457, 2914, 4371, 5828, 8742, 11656, 17484

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34964 and 34968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34964 and 34968 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 34964 and 34968