What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68697 and 68703?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68697 and 68703 is 3.

GCF(68697,68703) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68697 and 68703, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68697 and 68703.

How to find the GCF of 68697 and 68703?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68697 and 68703. After we will calculate the factors of 68697 and 68703 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68697

Prime factors of 68697 are 3, 17, 449. Prime factorization of 68697 in exponential form is:

68697 = 3² × 17¹ × 449¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68703

Prime factors of 68703 are 3, 22901. Prime factorization of 68703 in exponential form is:

68703 = 3¹ × 22901¹

Step-3: Factors of 68697

List of positive integer factors of 68697 that divides 68697 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153, 449, 1347, 4041, 7633, 22899

Step-4: Factors of 68703

List of positive integer factors of 68703 that divides 68697 without a remainder.

1, 3, 22901

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68697 and 68703. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68697 and 68703 is 3.

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