What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68696 and 68708?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68696 and 68708 is 4.

GCF(68696,68708) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68696 and 68708, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68696 and 68708.

How to find the GCF of 68696 and 68708?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68696 and 68708. After we will calculate the factors of 68696 and 68708 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68696

Prime factors of 68696 are 2, 31, 277. Prime factorization of 68696 in exponential form is:

68696 = 2³ × 31¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68708

Prime factors of 68708 are 2, 89, 193. Prime factorization of 68708 in exponential form is:

68708 = 2² × 89¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 68696

List of positive integer factors of 68696 that divides 68696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 31, 62, 124, 248, 277, 554, 1108, 2216, 8587, 17174, 34348

Step-4: Factors of 68708

List of positive integer factors of 68708 that divides 68696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 89, 178, 193, 356, 386, 772, 17177, 34354

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68696 and 68708. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68696 and 68708 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68696 and 68708