What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68848 and 68864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68848 and 68864 is 16.

GCF(68848,68864) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68848 and 68864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68848 and 68864.

How to find the GCF of 68848 and 68864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68848 and 68864. After we will calculate the factors of 68848 and 68864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68848

Prime factors of 68848 are 2, 13, 331. Prime factorization of 68848 in exponential form is:

68848 = 2⁴ × 13¹ × 331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68864

Prime factors of 68864 are 2, 269. Prime factorization of 68864 in exponential form is:

68864 = 2⁸ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 68848

List of positive integer factors of 68848 that divides 68848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 52, 104, 208, 331, 662, 1324, 2648, 4303, 5296, 8606, 17212, 34424

Step-4: Factors of 68864

List of positive integer factors of 68864 that divides 68848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 269, 538, 1076, 2152, 4304, 8608, 17216, 34432

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68848 and 68864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68848 and 68864 is 16.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68848 and 68864