What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67989 and 68007?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67989 and 68007 is 3.

GCF(67989,68007) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67989 and 68007, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67989 and 68007.

How to find the GCF of 67989 and 68007?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67989 and 68007. After we will calculate the factors of 67989 and 68007 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 67989

Prime factors of 67989 are 3, 131, 173. Prime factorization of 67989 in exponential form is:

67989 = 3¹ × 131¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68007

Prime factors of 68007 are 3, 22669. Prime factorization of 68007 in exponential form is:

68007 = 3¹ × 22669¹

Step-3: Factors of 67989

List of positive integer factors of 67989 that divides 67989 without a remainder.

1, 3, 131, 173, 393, 519, 22663

Step-4: Factors of 68007

List of positive integer factors of 68007 that divides 67989 without a remainder.

1, 3, 22669

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67989 and 68007. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67989 and 68007 is 3.

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