What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68944 and 68955?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68944 and 68955 is 1.

GCF(68944,68955) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68944 and 68955, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68944 and 68955.

How to find the GCF of 68944 and 68955?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68944 and 68955. After we will calculate the factors of 68944 and 68955 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68944

Prime factors of 68944 are 2, 31, 139. Prime factorization of 68944 in exponential form is:

68944 = 2⁴ × 31¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68955

Prime factors of 68955 are 3, 5, 4597. Prime factorization of 68955 in exponential form is:

68955 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4597¹

Step-3: Factors of 68944

List of positive integer factors of 68944 that divides 68944 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31, 62, 124, 139, 248, 278, 496, 556, 1112, 2224, 4309, 8618, 17236, 34472

Step-4: Factors of 68955

List of positive integer factors of 68955 that divides 68944 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4597, 13791, 22985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68944 and 68955. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68944 and 68955 is 1.

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