Greatest Common Factor of 68 and 8051
GCF(68, 8051) = 1, Greatest common factor of 68 and 8051 is 1. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 68 and 8051. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 68 and 8051 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 68 and 8051.
Prime Factorization of 68 is 1, 2, 2, 17 and Prime Factorization of 8051 is 1, 83, 97.
- Factorize\( (68) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 17\)
- Factorize\( (8051) = \) \(1\times 83\times 97\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(68, 8051) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 68 and 8051 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 68 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68
List of positive integers factors of 8051 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 83, 97, 8051
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 68 and 8051 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 68 and 8051 is 1.
\(GCF(68, 8051) = 1\).
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