What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68603 and 68609?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68603 and 68609 is 1.

GCF(68603,68609) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68603 and 68609, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68603 and 68609.

How to find the GCF of 68603 and 68609?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68603 and 68609. After we will calculate the factors of 68603 and 68609 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68603

Prime factors of 68603 are 31, 2213. Prime factorization of 68603 in exponential form is:

68603 = 31¹ × 2213¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68609

Prime factors of 68609 are 19, 23, 157. Prime factorization of 68609 in exponential form is:

68609 = 19¹ × 23¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 68603

List of positive integer factors of 68603 that divides 68603 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2213

Step-4: Factors of 68609

List of positive integer factors of 68609 that divides 68603 without a remainder.

1, 19, 23, 157, 437, 2983, 3611

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68603 and 68609. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68603 and 68609 is 1.

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