What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68212 and 68230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68212 and 68230 is 2.

GCF(68212,68230) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68212 and 68230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68212 and 68230.

How to find the GCF of 68212 and 68230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68212 and 68230. After we will calculate the factors of 68212 and 68230 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68212

Prime factors of 68212 are 2, 17053. Prime factorization of 68212 in exponential form is:

68212 = 2² × 17053¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68230

Prime factors of 68230 are 2, 5, 6823. Prime factorization of 68230 in exponential form is:

68230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 6823¹

Step-3: Factors of 68212

List of positive integer factors of 68212 that divides 68212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17053, 34106

Step-4: Factors of 68230

List of positive integer factors of 68230 that divides 68212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 6823, 13646, 34115

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68212 and 68230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68212 and 68230 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68212 and 68230