What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68442 and 68448?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68442 and 68448 is 6.

GCF(68442,68448) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68442 and 68448, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68442 and 68448.

How to find the GCF of 68442 and 68448?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68442 and 68448. After we will calculate the factors of 68442 and 68448 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68442

Prime factors of 68442 are 2, 3, 11, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 68442 in exponential form is:

68442 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68448

Prime factors of 68448 are 2, 3, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 68448 in exponential form is:

68448 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 68442

List of positive integer factors of 68442 that divides 68442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 17, 22, 33, 34, 51, 61, 66, 102, 122, 183, 187, 366, 374, 561, 671, 1037, 1122, 1342, 2013, 2074, 3111, 4026, 6222, 11407, 22814, 34221

Step-4: Factors of 68448

List of positive integer factors of 68448 that divides 68442 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 23, 24, 31, 32, 46, 48, 62, 69, 92, 93, 96, 124, 138, 184, 186, 248, 276, 368, 372, 496, 552, 713, 736, 744, 992, 1104, 1426, 1488, 2139, 2208, 2852, 2976, 4278, 5704, 8556, 11408, 17112, 22816, 34224

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68442 and 68448. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68442 and 68448 is 6.

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