What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67992 and 68004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67992 and 68004 is 12.

GCF(67992,68004) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67992 and 68004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67992 and 68004.

How to find the GCF of 67992 and 68004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67992 and 68004. After we will calculate the factors of 67992 and 68004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 67992

Prime factors of 67992 are 2, 3, 2833. Prime factorization of 67992 in exponential form is:

67992 = 2³ × 3¹ × 2833¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68004

Prime factors of 68004 are 2, 3, 1889. Prime factorization of 68004 in exponential form is:

68004 = 2² × 3² × 1889¹

Step-3: Factors of 67992

List of positive integer factors of 67992 that divides 67992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 2833, 5666, 8499, 11332, 16998, 22664, 33996

Step-4: Factors of 68004

List of positive integer factors of 68004 that divides 67992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1889, 3778, 5667, 7556, 11334, 17001, 22668, 34002

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67992 and 68004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67992 and 68004 is 12.

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