What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76462 and 76480?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76462 and 76480 is 2.

GCF(76462,76480) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76462 and 76480, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76462 and 76480.

How to find the GCF of 76462 and 76480?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76462 and 76480. After we will calculate the factors of 76462 and 76480 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76462

Prime factors of 76462 are 2, 38231. Prime factorization of 76462 in exponential form is:

76462 = 2¹ × 38231¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76480

Prime factors of 76480 are 2, 5, 239. Prime factorization of 76480 in exponential form is:

76480 = 2⁶ × 5¹ × 239¹

Step-3: Factors of 76462

List of positive integer factors of 76462 that divides 76462 without a remainder.

1, 2, 38231

Step-4: Factors of 76480

List of positive integer factors of 76480 that divides 76462 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64, 80, 160, 239, 320, 478, 956, 1195, 1912, 2390, 3824, 4780, 7648, 9560, 15296, 19120, 38240

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76462 and 76480. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76462 and 76480 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 76462 and 76480