What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68001 and 68019?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68001 and 68019 is 3.

GCF(68001,68019) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68001 and 68019, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68001 and 68019.

How to find the GCF of 68001 and 68019?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68001 and 68019. After we will calculate the factors of 68001 and 68019 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68001

Prime factors of 68001 are 3, 19, 1193. Prime factorization of 68001 in exponential form is:

68001 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 1193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68019

Prime factors of 68019 are 3, 7, 41, 79. Prime factorization of 68019 in exponential form is:

68019 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 41¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 68001

List of positive integer factors of 68001 that divides 68001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 1193, 3579, 22667

Step-4: Factors of 68019

List of positive integer factors of 68019 that divides 68001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 41, 79, 123, 237, 287, 553, 861, 1659, 3239, 9717, 22673

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68001 and 68019. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68001 and 68019 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68001 and 68019