What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68686 and 68692?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68686 and 68692 is 2.

GCF(68686,68692) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68686 and 68692, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68686 and 68692.

How to find the GCF of 68686 and 68692?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68686 and 68692. After we will calculate the factors of 68686 and 68692 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68686

Prime factors of 68686 are 2, 61, 563. Prime factorization of 68686 in exponential form is:

68686 = 2¹ × 61¹ × 563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68692

Prime factors of 68692 are 2, 13, 1321. Prime factorization of 68692 in exponential form is:

68692 = 2² × 13¹ × 1321¹

Step-3: Factors of 68686

List of positive integer factors of 68686 that divides 68686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 61, 122, 563, 1126, 34343

Step-4: Factors of 68692

List of positive integer factors of 68692 that divides 68686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1321, 2642, 5284, 17173, 34346

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68686 and 68692. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68686 and 68692 is 2.

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