What is the Greatest Common Factor of 75742 and 75760?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 75742 and 75760 is 2.

GCF(75742,75760) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 75742 and 75760, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 75742 and 75760.

How to find the GCF of 75742 and 75760?

We will first find the prime factorization of 75742 and 75760. After we will calculate the factors of 75742 and 75760 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 75742

Prime factors of 75742 are 2, 37871. Prime factorization of 75742 in exponential form is:

75742 = 2¹ × 37871¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 75760

Prime factors of 75760 are 2, 5, 947. Prime factorization of 75760 in exponential form is:

75760 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 947¹

Step-3: Factors of 75742

List of positive integer factors of 75742 that divides 75742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37871

Step-4: Factors of 75760

List of positive integer factors of 75760 that divides 75742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 947, 1894, 3788, 4735, 7576, 9470, 15152, 18940, 37880

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 75742 and 75760. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 75742 and 75760 is 2.

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