What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1920 and 1936?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1920 and 1936 is 16.

GCF(1920,1936) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1920 and 1936, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1920 and 1936.

How to find the GCF of 1920 and 1936?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1920 and 1936. After we will calculate the factors of 1920 and 1936 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1920

Prime factors of 1920 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 1920 in exponential form is:

1920 = 2⁷ × 3¹ × 5¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 1936

Prime factors of 1936 are 2, 11. Prime factorization of 1936 in exponential form is:

1936 = 2⁴ × 11²

Step-3: Factors of 1920

List of positive integer factors of 1920 that divides 1920 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 128, 160, 192, 240, 320, 384, 480, 640, 960

Step-4: Factors of 1936

List of positive integer factors of 1936 that divides 1920 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 121, 176, 242, 484, 968

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1920 and 1936. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1920 and 1936 is 16.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 1920 and 1936