What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68862 and 68880?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68862 and 68880 is 6.

GCF(68862,68880) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68862 and 68880, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68862 and 68880.

How to find the GCF of 68862 and 68880?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68862 and 68880. After we will calculate the factors of 68862 and 68880 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 68880

Prime factors of 68880 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 41. Prime factorization of 68880 in exponential form is:

68880 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 68862

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 68880

List of positive integer factors of 68880 that divides 68862 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 24, 28, 30, 35, 40, 41, 42, 48, 56, 60, 70, 80, 82, 84, 105, 112, 120, 123, 140, 164, 168, 205, 210, 240, 246, 280, 287, 328, 336, 410, 420, 492, 560, 574, 615, 656, 820, 840, 861, 984, 1148, 1230, 1435, 1640, 1680, 1722, 1968, 2296, 2460, 2870, 3280, 3444, 4305, 4592, 4920, 5740, 6888, 8610, 9840, 11480, 13776, 17220, 22960, 34440

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68862 and 68880. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68862 and 68880 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68862 and 68880