What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68135 and 68140?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68135 and 68140 is 5.

GCF(68135,68140) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68135 and 68140, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68135 and 68140.

How to find the GCF of 68135 and 68140?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68135 and 68140. After we will calculate the factors of 68135 and 68140 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68135

Prime factors of 68135 are 5, 13627. Prime factorization of 68135 in exponential form is:

68135 = 5¹ × 13627¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68140

Prime factors of 68140 are 2, 5, 3407. Prime factorization of 68140 in exponential form is:

68140 = 2² × 5¹ × 3407¹

Step-3: Factors of 68135

List of positive integer factors of 68135 that divides 68135 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13627

Step-4: Factors of 68140

List of positive integer factors of 68140 that divides 68135 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3407, 6814, 13628, 17035, 34070

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68135 and 68140. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68135 and 68140 is 5.

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