What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68926 and 68942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68926 and 68942 is 2.

GCF(68926,68942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68926 and 68942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68926 and 68942.

How to find the GCF of 68926 and 68942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68926 and 68942. After we will calculate the factors of 68926 and 68942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68926

Prime factors of 68926 are 2, 11, 13, 241. Prime factorization of 68926 in exponential form is:

68926 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68942

Prime factors of 68942 are 2, 34471. Prime factorization of 68942 in exponential form is:

68942 = 2¹ × 34471¹

Step-3: Factors of 68926

List of positive integer factors of 68926 that divides 68926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 143, 241, 286, 482, 2651, 3133, 5302, 6266, 34463

Step-4: Factors of 68942

List of positive integer factors of 68942 that divides 68926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 34471

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68926 and 68942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68926 and 68942 is 2.

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