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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 6960 and 6976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 6960 and 6976 is 16.

GCF(6960,6976) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 6960 and 6976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 6960 and 6976.

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How to find the GCF of 6960 and 6976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 6960 and 6976. After we will calculate the factors of 6960 and 6976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 6960

Prime factors of 6960 are 2, 3, 5, 29. Prime factorization of 6960 in exponential form is:

6960 = 24 × 31 × 51 × 291

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6976

Prime factors of 6976 are 2, 109. Prime factorization of 6976 in exponential form is:

6976 = 26 × 1091

Step-3: Factors of 6960

List of positive integer factors of 6960 that divides 6960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 29, 30, 40, 48, 58, 60, 80, 87, 116, 120, 145, 174, 232, 240, 290, 348, 435, 464, 580, 696, 870, 1160, 1392, 1740, 2320, 3480

Step-4: Factors of 6976

List of positive integer factors of 6976 that divides 6960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 109, 218, 436, 872, 1744, 3488

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 6960 and 6976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 6960 and 6976 is 16.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 6960 and 6976