What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68272 and 68288?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68272 and 68288 is 16.

GCF(68272,68288) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68272 and 68288, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68272 and 68288.

How to find the GCF of 68272 and 68288?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68272 and 68288. After we will calculate the factors of 68272 and 68288 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68272

Prime factors of 68272 are 2, 17, 251. Prime factorization of 68272 in exponential form is:

68272 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68288

Prime factors of 68288 are 2, 11, 97. Prime factorization of 68288 in exponential form is:

68288 = 2⁶ × 11¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 68272

List of positive integer factors of 68272 that divides 68272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 136, 251, 272, 502, 1004, 2008, 4016, 4267, 8534, 17068, 34136

Step-4: Factors of 68288

List of positive integer factors of 68288 that divides 68272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, 44, 64, 88, 97, 176, 194, 352, 388, 704, 776, 1067, 1552, 2134, 3104, 4268, 6208, 8536, 17072, 34144

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68272 and 68288. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68272 and 68288 is 16.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68272 and 68288