What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63956 and 63972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63956 and 63972 is 4.

GCF(63956,63972) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63956 and 63972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63956 and 63972.

How to find the GCF of 63956 and 63972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63956 and 63972. After we will calculate the factors of 63956 and 63972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63956

Prime factors of 63956 are 2, 59, 271. Prime factorization of 63956 in exponential form is:

63956 = 2² × 59¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63972

Prime factors of 63972 are 2, 3, 1777. Prime factorization of 63972 in exponential form is:

63972 = 2² × 3² × 1777¹

Step-3: Factors of 63956

List of positive integer factors of 63956 that divides 63956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 59, 118, 236, 271, 542, 1084, 15989, 31978

Step-4: Factors of 63972

List of positive integer factors of 63972 that divides 63956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1777, 3554, 5331, 7108, 10662, 15993, 21324, 31986

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63956 and 63972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63956 and 63972 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 63956 and 63972