What is the Greatest Common Factor of 75964 and 75968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 75964 and 75968 is 4.

GCF(75964,75968) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 75964 and 75968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 75964 and 75968.

How to find the GCF of 75964 and 75968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 75964 and 75968. After we will calculate the factors of 75964 and 75968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 75964

Prime factors of 75964 are 2, 7, 2713. Prime factorization of 75964 in exponential form is:

75964 = 2² × 7¹ × 2713¹

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 75964

List of positive integer factors of 75964 that divides 75964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 2713, 5426, 10852, 18991, 37982

Step-4: Factors of 75968

List of positive integer factors of 75968 that divides 75964 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 75964 and 75968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 75964 and 75968 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 75964 and 75968