What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68498 and 68504?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68498 and 68504 is 2.

GCF(68498,68504) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68498 and 68504, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68498 and 68504.

How to find the GCF of 68498 and 68504?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68498 and 68504. After we will calculate the factors of 68498 and 68504 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68498

Prime factors of 68498 are 2, 29, 1181. Prime factorization of 68498 in exponential form is:

68498 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 1181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68504

Prime factors of 68504 are 2, 8563. Prime factorization of 68504 in exponential form is:

68504 = 2³ × 8563¹

Step-3: Factors of 68498

List of positive integer factors of 68498 that divides 68498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 1181, 2362, 34249

Step-4: Factors of 68504

List of positive integer factors of 68504 that divides 68498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8563, 17126, 34252

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68498 and 68504. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68498 and 68504 is 2.

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