What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68772 and 68781?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68772 and 68781 is 3.

GCF(68772,68781) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68772 and 68781, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68772 and 68781.

How to find the GCF of 68772 and 68781?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68772 and 68781. After we will calculate the factors of 68772 and 68781 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68772

Prime factors of 68772 are 2, 3, 11, 521. Prime factorization of 68772 in exponential form is:

68772 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68781

Prime factors of 68781 are 3, 101, 227. Prime factorization of 68781 in exponential form is:

68781 = 3¹ × 101¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 68772

List of positive integer factors of 68772 that divides 68772 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 521, 1042, 1563, 2084, 3126, 5731, 6252, 11462, 17193, 22924, 34386

Step-4: Factors of 68781

List of positive integer factors of 68781 that divides 68772 without a remainder.

1, 3, 101, 227, 303, 681, 22927

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68772 and 68781. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68772 and 68781 is 3.

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