What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68534 and 68548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68534 and 68548 is 2.

GCF(68534,68548) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68534 and 68548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68534 and 68548.

How to find the GCF of 68534 and 68548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68534 and 68548. After we will calculate the factors of 68534 and 68548 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68534

Prime factors of 68534 are 2, 34267. Prime factorization of 68534 in exponential form is:

68534 = 2¹ × 34267¹

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 68534

List of positive integer factors of 68534 that divides 68534 without a remainder.

1, 2, 34267

Step-4: Factors of 68548

List of positive integer factors of 68548 that divides 68534 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17137, 34274

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68534 and 68548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68534 and 68548 is 2.

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