What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68532 and 68544?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68532 and 68544 is 12.

GCF(68532,68544) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68532 and 68544, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68532 and 68544.

How to find the GCF of 68532 and 68544?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68532 and 68544. After we will calculate the factors of 68532 and 68544 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68532

Prime factors of 68532 are 2, 3, 5711. Prime factorization of 68532 in exponential form is:

68532 = 2² × 3¹ × 5711¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68544

Prime factors of 68544 are 2, 3, 7, 17. Prime factorization of 68544 in exponential form is:

68544 = 2⁶ × 3² × 7¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 68532

List of positive integer factors of 68532 that divides 68532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 5711, 11422, 17133, 22844, 34266

Step-4: Factors of 68544

List of positive integer factors of 68544 that divides 68532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 24, 28, 32, 34, 36, 42, 48, 51, 56, 63, 64, 68, 72, 84, 96, 102, 112, 119, 126, 136, 144, 153, 168, 192, 204, 224, 238, 252, 272, 288, 306, 336, 357, 408, 448, 476, 504, 544, 576, 612, 672, 714, 816, 952, 1008, 1071, 1088, 1224, 1344, 1428, 1632, 1904, 2016, 2142, 2448, 2856, 3264, 3808, 4032, 4284, 4896, 5712, 7616, 8568, 9792, 11424, 17136, 22848, 34272

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68532 and 68544. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68532 and 68544 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68532 and 68544