What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68967 and 68977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68967 and 68977 is 1.

GCF(68967,68977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68967 and 68977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68967 and 68977.

How to find the GCF of 68967 and 68977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68967 and 68977. After we will calculate the factors of 68967 and 68977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68967

Prime factors of 68967 are 3, 79, 97. Prime factorization of 68967 in exponential form is:

68967 = 3² × 79¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68977

Prime factors of 68977 are 23, 2999. Prime factorization of 68977 in exponential form is:

68977 = 23¹ × 2999¹

Step-3: Factors of 68967

List of positive integer factors of 68967 that divides 68967 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 79, 97, 237, 291, 711, 873, 7663, 22989

Step-4: Factors of 68977

List of positive integer factors of 68977 that divides 68967 without a remainder.

1, 23, 2999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68967 and 68977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68967 and 68977 is 1.

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