What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68679 and 68691?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68679 and 68691 is 3.

GCF(68679,68691) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68679 and 68691, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68679 and 68691.

How to find the GCF of 68679 and 68691?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68679 and 68691. After we will calculate the factors of 68679 and 68691 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68679

Prime factors of 68679 are 3, 13, 587. Prime factorization of 68679 in exponential form is:

68679 = 3² × 13¹ × 587¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68691

Prime factors of 68691 are 3, 7, 3271. Prime factorization of 68691 in exponential form is:

68691 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3271¹

Step-3: Factors of 68679

List of positive integer factors of 68679 that divides 68679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 587, 1761, 5283, 7631, 22893

Step-4: Factors of 68691

List of positive integer factors of 68691 that divides 68679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3271, 9813, 22897

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68679 and 68691. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68679 and 68691 is 3.

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