Greatest Common Factor of 68 and 9389
GCF(68, 9389) = 1, Greatest common factor of 68 and 9389 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 9389. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 68 and 9389 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 68 and 9389.
Prime Factorization of 68 is 1, 2, 2, 17 and Prime Factorization of 9389 is 1, 41, 229.
- Factorize\( (68) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 17\)
- Factorize\( (9389) = \) \(1\times 41\times 229\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(68, 9389) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 68 and 9389 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 9389 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 41, 229, 9389
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 68 and 9389 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 68 and 9389 is 1.
\(GCF(68, 9389) = 1\).
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