What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76724 and 76730?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76724 and 76730 is 2.

GCF(76724,76730) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76724 and 76730, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76724 and 76730.

How to find the GCF of 76724 and 76730?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76724 and 76730. After we will calculate the factors of 76724 and 76730 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76724

Prime factors of 76724 are 2, 19181. Prime factorization of 76724 in exponential form is:

76724 = 2² × 19181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76730

Prime factors of 76730 are 2, 5, 7673. Prime factorization of 76730 in exponential form is:

76730 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7673¹

Step-3: Factors of 76724

List of positive integer factors of 76724 that divides 76724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19181, 38362

Step-4: Factors of 76730

List of positive integer factors of 76730 that divides 76724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7673, 15346, 38365

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76724 and 76730. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76724 and 76730 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 76724 and 76730