What is the Greatest Common Factor of 75940 and 75946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 75940 and 75946 is 2.

GCF(75940,75946) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 75940 and 75946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 75940 and 75946.

How to find the GCF of 75940 and 75946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 75940 and 75946. After we will calculate the factors of 75940 and 75946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 75940

Prime factors of 75940 are 2, 5, 3797. Prime factorization of 75940 in exponential form is:

75940 = 2² × 5¹ × 3797¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 75946

Prime factors of 75946 are 2, 13, 23, 127. Prime factorization of 75946 in exponential form is:

75946 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 75940

List of positive integer factors of 75940 that divides 75940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3797, 7594, 15188, 18985, 37970

Step-4: Factors of 75946

List of positive integer factors of 75946 that divides 75940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 23, 26, 46, 127, 254, 299, 598, 1651, 2921, 3302, 5842, 37973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 75940 and 75946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 75940 and 75946 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 75940 and 75946