What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68888 and 68900?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68888 and 68900 is 4.

GCF(68888,68900) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68888 and 68900, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68888 and 68900.

How to find the GCF of 68888 and 68900?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68888 and 68900. After we will calculate the factors of 68888 and 68900 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68888

Prime factors of 68888 are 2, 79, 109. Prime factorization of 68888 in exponential form is:

68888 = 2³ × 79¹ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68900

Prime factors of 68900 are 2, 5, 13, 53. Prime factorization of 68900 in exponential form is:

68900 = 2² × 5² × 13¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 68888

List of positive integer factors of 68888 that divides 68888 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 79, 109, 158, 218, 316, 436, 632, 872, 8611, 17222, 34444

Step-4: Factors of 68900

List of positive integer factors of 68900 that divides 68888 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 20, 25, 26, 50, 52, 53, 65, 100, 106, 130, 212, 260, 265, 325, 530, 650, 689, 1060, 1300, 1325, 1378, 2650, 2756, 3445, 5300, 6890, 13780, 17225, 34450

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68888 and 68900. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68888 and 68900 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 68888 and 68900