What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68769 and 68787?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68769 and 68787 is 9.

GCF(68769,68787) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68769 and 68787, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68769 and 68787.

How to find the GCF of 68769 and 68787?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68769 and 68787. After we will calculate the factors of 68769 and 68787 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68769

Prime factors of 68769 are 3, 283. Prime factorization of 68769 in exponential form is:

68769 = 3⁵ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68787

Prime factors of 68787 are 3, 7643. Prime factorization of 68787 in exponential form is:

68787 = 3² × 7643¹

Step-3: Factors of 68769

List of positive integer factors of 68769 that divides 68769 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 283, 849, 2547, 7641, 22923

Step-4: Factors of 68787

List of positive integer factors of 68787 that divides 68769 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 7643, 22929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68769 and 68787. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68769 and 68787 is 9.

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