What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68486 and 68496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68486 and 68496 is 2.

GCF(68486,68496) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68486 and 68496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68486 and 68496.

How to find the GCF of 68486 and 68496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68486 and 68496. After we will calculate the factors of 68486 and 68496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68486

Prime factors of 68486 are 2, 11, 283. Prime factorization of 68486 in exponential form is:

68486 = 2¹ × 11² × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68496

Prime factors of 68496 are 2, 3, 1427. Prime factorization of 68496 in exponential form is:

68496 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 1427¹

Step-3: Factors of 68486

List of positive integer factors of 68486 that divides 68486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 121, 242, 283, 566, 3113, 6226, 34243

Step-4: Factors of 68496

List of positive integer factors of 68496 that divides 68486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1427, 2854, 4281, 5708, 8562, 11416, 17124, 22832, 34248

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68486 and 68496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68486 and 68496 is 2.

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