What is the Greatest Common Factor of 69536 and 69556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 69536 and 69556 is 4.

GCF(69536,69556) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 69536 and 69556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 69536 and 69556.

How to find the GCF of 69536 and 69556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 69536 and 69556. After we will calculate the factors of 69536 and 69556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 69536

Prime factors of 69536 are 2, 41, 53. Prime factorization of 69536 in exponential form is:

69536 = 2⁵ × 41¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 69556

Prime factors of 69556 are 2, 17389. Prime factorization of 69556 in exponential form is:

69556 = 2² × 17389¹

Step-3: Factors of 69536

List of positive integer factors of 69536 that divides 69536 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 41, 53, 82, 106, 164, 212, 328, 424, 656, 848, 1312, 1696, 2173, 4346, 8692, 17384, 34768

Step-4: Factors of 69556

List of positive integer factors of 69556 that divides 69536 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17389, 34778

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 69536 and 69556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 69536 and 69556 is 4.

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