What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68746 and 68764?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68746 and 68764 is 2.

GCF(68746,68764) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68746 and 68764, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68746 and 68764.

How to find the GCF of 68746 and 68764?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68746 and 68764. After we will calculate the factors of 68746 and 68764 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68746

Prime factors of 68746 are 2, 37, 929. Prime factorization of 68746 in exponential form is:

68746 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 929¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68764

Prime factors of 68764 are 2, 17191. Prime factorization of 68764 in exponential form is:

68764 = 2² × 17191¹

Step-3: Factors of 68746

List of positive integer factors of 68746 that divides 68746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 929, 1858, 34373

Step-4: Factors of 68764

List of positive integer factors of 68764 that divides 68746 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17191, 34382

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68746 and 68764. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68746 and 68764 is 2.

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