What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68378 and 68398?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68378 and 68398 is 2.

GCF(68378,68398) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68378 and 68398, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68378 and 68398.

How to find the GCF of 68378 and 68398?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68378 and 68398. After we will calculate the factors of 68378 and 68398 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68378

Prime factors of 68378 are 2, 179, 191. Prime factorization of 68378 in exponential form is:

68378 = 2¹ × 179¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68398

Prime factors of 68398 are 2, 11, 3109. Prime factorization of 68398 in exponential form is:

68398 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3109¹

Step-3: Factors of 68378

List of positive integer factors of 68378 that divides 68378 without a remainder.

1, 2, 179, 191, 358, 382, 34189

Step-4: Factors of 68398

List of positive integer factors of 68398 that divides 68378 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3109, 6218, 34199

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68378 and 68398. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68378 and 68398 is 2.

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