What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68532 and 68548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68532 and 68548 is 4.

GCF(68532,68548) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68532 and 68548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68532 and 68548.

How to find the GCF of 68532 and 68548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68532 and 68548. After we will calculate the factors of 68532 and 68548 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 68548

Prime factors of 68548 are 2, 17137. Prime factorization of 68548 in exponential form is:

68548 = 2² × 17137¹

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 68548

List of positive integer factors of 68548 that divides 68532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17137, 34274

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68532 and 68548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68532 and 68548 is 4.

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