What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67968 and 67981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67968 and 67981 is 1.

GCF(67968,67981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67968 and 67981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67968 and 67981.

How to find the GCF of 67968 and 67981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67968 and 67981. After we will calculate the factors of 67968 and 67981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 67968

Prime factors of 67968 are 2, 3, 59. Prime factorization of 67968 in exponential form is:

67968 = 2⁷ × 3² × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 67981

Prime factors of 67981 are 157, 433. Prime factorization of 67981 in exponential form is:

67981 = 157¹ × 433¹

Step-3: Factors of 67968

List of positive integer factors of 67968 that divides 67968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 48, 59, 64, 72, 96, 118, 128, 144, 177, 192, 236, 288, 354, 384, 472, 531, 576, 708, 944, 1062, 1152, 1416, 1888, 2124, 2832, 3776, 4248, 5664, 7552, 8496, 11328, 16992, 22656, 33984

Step-4: Factors of 67981

List of positive integer factors of 67981 that divides 67968 without a remainder.

1, 157, 433

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67968 and 67981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67968 and 67981 is 1.

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