What is the Greatest Common Factor of 75960 and 75968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 75960 and 75968 is 8.

GCF(75960,75968) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 75960 and 75968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 75960 and 75968.

How to find the GCF of 75960 and 75968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 75960 and 75968. After we will calculate the factors of 75960 and 75968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 75960

Prime factors of 75960 are 2, 3, 5, 211. Prime factorization of 75960 in exponential form is:

75960 = 2³ × 3² × 5¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 75968

Prime factors of 75968 are 2, 1187. Prime factorization of 75968 in exponential form is:

75968 = 2⁶ × 1187¹

Step-3: Factors of 75960

List of positive integer factors of 75960 that divides 75960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, 40, 45, 60, 72, 90, 120, 180, 211, 360, 422, 633, 844, 1055, 1266, 1688, 1899, 2110, 2532, 3165, 3798, 4220, 5064, 6330, 7596, 8440, 9495, 12660, 15192, 18990, 25320, 37980

Step-4: Factors of 75968

List of positive integer factors of 75968 that divides 75960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 1187, 2374, 4748, 9496, 18992, 37984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 75960 and 75968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 75960 and 75968 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 75960 and 75968