What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67992 and 68008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67992 and 68008 is 8.

GCF(67992,68008) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67992 and 68008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67992 and 68008.

How to find the GCF of 67992 and 68008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67992 and 68008. After we will calculate the factors of 67992 and 68008 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 68008

Prime factors of 68008 are 2, 8501. Prime factorization of 68008 in exponential form is:

68008 = 2³ × 8501¹

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 68008

List of positive integer factors of 68008 that divides 67992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8501, 17002, 34004

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67992 and 68008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67992 and 68008 is 8.

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