What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68976 and 68981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68976 and 68981 is 1.

GCF(68976,68981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68976 and 68981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68976 and 68981.

How to find the GCF of 68976 and 68981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68976 and 68981. After we will calculate the factors of 68976 and 68981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68976

Prime factors of 68976 are 2, 3, 479. Prime factorization of 68976 in exponential form is:

68976 = 2⁴ × 3² × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68981

Prime factors of 68981 are 11, 6271. Prime factorization of 68981 in exponential form is:

68981 = 11¹ × 6271¹

Step-3: Factors of 68976

List of positive integer factors of 68976 that divides 68976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 48, 72, 144, 479, 958, 1437, 1916, 2874, 3832, 4311, 5748, 7664, 8622, 11496, 17244, 22992, 34488

Step-4: Factors of 68981

List of positive integer factors of 68981 that divides 68976 without a remainder.

1, 11, 6271

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68976 and 68981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68976 and 68981 is 1.

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