What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70678 and 70696?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70678 and 70696 is 2.

GCF(70678,70696) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70678 and 70696, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70678 and 70696.

How to find the GCF of 70678 and 70696?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70678 and 70696. After we will calculate the factors of 70678 and 70696 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70678

Prime factors of 70678 are 2, 35339. Prime factorization of 70678 in exponential form is:

70678 = 2¹ × 35339¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70696

Prime factors of 70696 are 2, 8837. Prime factorization of 70696 in exponential form is:

70696 = 2³ × 8837¹

Step-3: Factors of 70678

List of positive integer factors of 70678 that divides 70678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35339

Step-4: Factors of 70696

List of positive integer factors of 70696 that divides 70678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8837, 17674, 35348

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70678 and 70696. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70678 and 70696 is 2.

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