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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68542 and 68560?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68542 and 68560 is 2.

GCF(68542,68560) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68542 and 68560, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68542 and 68560.

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How to find the GCF of 68542 and 68560?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68542 and 68560. After we will calculate the factors of 68542 and 68560 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68542

Prime factors of 68542 are 2, 43, 797. Prime factorization of 68542 in exponential form is:

68542 = 21 × 431 × 7971

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68560

Prime factors of 68560 are 2, 5, 857. Prime factorization of 68560 in exponential form is:

68560 = 24 × 51 × 8571

Step-3: Factors of 68542

List of positive integer factors of 68542 that divides 68542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 797, 1594, 34271

Step-4: Factors of 68560

List of positive integer factors of 68560 that divides 68542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 857, 1714, 3428, 4285, 6856, 8570, 13712, 17140, 34280

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68542 and 68560. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68542 and 68560 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68542 and 68560