What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68851 and 68862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68851 and 68862 is 1.

GCF(68851,68862) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68851 and 68862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68851 and 68862.

How to find the GCF of 68851 and 68862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68851 and 68862. After we will calculate the factors of 68851 and 68862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68851

Prime factors of 68851 are 31, 2221. Prime factorization of 68851 in exponential form is:

68851 = 31¹ × 2221¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68862

Prime factors of 68862 are 2, 3, 23, 499. Prime factorization of 68862 in exponential form is:

68862 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 68851

List of positive integer factors of 68851 that divides 68851 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2221

Step-4: Factors of 68862

List of positive integer factors of 68862 that divides 68851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138, 499, 998, 1497, 2994, 11477, 22954, 34431

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68851 and 68862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68851 and 68862 is 1.

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