What is the Greatest Common Factor of 68992 and 68998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 68992 and 68998 is 2.

GCF(68992,68998) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 68992 and 68998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 68992 and 68998.

How to find the GCF of 68992 and 68998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 68992 and 68998. After we will calculate the factors of 68992 and 68998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 68992

Prime factors of 68992 are 2, 7, 11. Prime factorization of 68992 in exponential form is:

68992 = 2⁷ × 7² × 11¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 68998

Prime factors of 68998 are 2, 34499. Prime factorization of 68998 in exponential form is:

68998 = 2¹ × 34499¹

Step-3: Factors of 68992

List of positive integer factors of 68992 that divides 68992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 22, 28, 32, 44, 49, 56, 64, 77, 88, 98, 112, 128, 154, 176, 196, 224, 308, 352, 392, 448, 539, 616, 704, 784, 896, 1078, 1232, 1408, 1568, 2156, 2464, 3136, 4312, 4928, 6272, 8624, 9856, 17248, 34496

Step-4: Factors of 68998

List of positive integer factors of 68998 that divides 68992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 34499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 68992 and 68998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 68992 and 68998 is 2.

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