What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68667 and 68685?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68667 and 68685 is 3.

GCF(68667,68685) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68667 and 68685, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68667 and 68685.

How to find the GCF of 68667 and 68685?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68667 and 68685. After we will calculate the factors of 68667 and 68685 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68667

Prime factors of 68667 are 3, 47, 487. Prime factorization of 68667 in exponential form is:

68667 = 3¹ × 47¹ × 487¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68685

Prime factors of 68685 are 3, 5, 19, 241. Prime factorization of 68685 in exponential form is:

68685 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 68667

List of positive integer factors of 68667 that divides 68667 without a remainder.

1, 3, 47, 141, 487, 1461, 22889

Step-4: Factors of 68685

List of positive integer factors of 68685 that divides 68667 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 19, 57, 95, 241, 285, 723, 1205, 3615, 4579, 13737, 22895

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68667 and 68685. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68667 and 68685 is 3.

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