What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68672 and 68678?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68672 and 68678 is 2.

GCF(68672,68678) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68672 and 68678, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68672 and 68678.

How to find the GCF of 68672 and 68678?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68672 and 68678. After we will calculate the factors of 68672 and 68678 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68672

Prime factors of 68672 are 2, 29, 37. Prime factorization of 68672 in exponential form is:

68672 = 2⁶ × 29¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68678

Prime factors of 68678 are 2, 23, 1493. Prime factorization of 68678 in exponential form is:

68678 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1493¹

Step-3: Factors of 68672

List of positive integer factors of 68672 that divides 68672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 29, 32, 37, 58, 64, 74, 116, 148, 232, 296, 464, 592, 928, 1073, 1184, 1856, 2146, 2368, 4292, 8584, 17168, 34336

Step-4: Factors of 68678

List of positive integer factors of 68678 that divides 68672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1493, 2986, 34339

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68672 and 68678. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68672 and 68678 is 2.

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