What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68335 and 68342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68335 and 68342 is 1.

GCF(68335,68342) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68335 and 68342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68335 and 68342.

How to find the GCF of 68335 and 68342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68335 and 68342. After we will calculate the factors of 68335 and 68342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68335

Prime factors of 68335 are 5, 79, 173. Prime factorization of 68335 in exponential form is:

68335 = 5¹ × 79¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68342

Prime factors of 68342 are 2, 34171. Prime factorization of 68342 in exponential form is:

68342 = 2¹ × 34171¹

Step-3: Factors of 68335

List of positive integer factors of 68335 that divides 68335 without a remainder.

1, 5, 79, 173, 395, 865, 13667

Step-4: Factors of 68342

List of positive integer factors of 68342 that divides 68335 without a remainder.

1, 2, 34171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68335 and 68342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68335 and 68342 is 1.

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