What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70868 and 70882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70868 and 70882 is 14.

GCF(70868,70882) = 14

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70868 and 70882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70868 and 70882.

How to find the GCF of 70868 and 70882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70868 and 70882. After we will calculate the factors of 70868 and 70882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70868

Prime factors of 70868 are 2, 7, 2531. Prime factorization of 70868 in exponential form is:

70868 = 2² × 7¹ × 2531¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70882

Prime factors of 70882 are 2, 7, 61, 83. Prime factorization of 70882 in exponential form is:

70882 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 61¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 70868

List of positive integer factors of 70868 that divides 70868 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 2531, 5062, 10124, 17717, 35434

Step-4: Factors of 70882

List of positive integer factors of 70882 that divides 70868 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 61, 83, 122, 166, 427, 581, 854, 1162, 5063, 10126, 35441

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70868 and 70882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70868 and 70882 is 14.

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