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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76838 and 76856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76838 and 76856 is 2.

GCF(76838,76856) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76838 and 76856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76838 and 76856.

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How to find the GCF of 76838 and 76856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76838 and 76856. After we will calculate the factors of 76838 and 76856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76838

Prime factors of 76838 are 2, 103, 373. Prime factorization of 76838 in exponential form is:

76838 = 21 × 1031 × 3731

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76856

Prime factors of 76856 are 2, 13, 739. Prime factorization of 76856 in exponential form is:

76856 = 23 × 131 × 7391

Step-3: Factors of 76838

List of positive integer factors of 76838 that divides 76838 without a remainder.

1, 2, 103, 206, 373, 746, 38419

Step-4: Factors of 76856

List of positive integer factors of 76856 that divides 76838 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 739, 1478, 2956, 5912, 9607, 19214, 38428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76838 and 76856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76838 and 76856 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 76838 and 76856