What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67972 and 67976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67972 and 67976 is 4.

GCF(67972,67976) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67972 and 67976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67972 and 67976.

How to find the GCF of 67972 and 67976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67972 and 67976. After we will calculate the factors of 67972 and 67976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 67972

Prime factors of 67972 are 2, 16993. Prime factorization of 67972 in exponential form is:

67972 = 2² × 16993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 67976

Prime factors of 67976 are 2, 29, 293. Prime factorization of 67976 in exponential form is:

67976 = 2³ × 29¹ × 293¹

Step-3: Factors of 67972

List of positive integer factors of 67972 that divides 67972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 16993, 33986

Step-4: Factors of 67976

List of positive integer factors of 67976 that divides 67972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 29, 58, 116, 232, 293, 586, 1172, 2344, 8497, 16994, 33988

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67972 and 67976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67972 and 67976 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 67972 and 67976