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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76940 and 76956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76940 and 76956 is 4.

GCF(76940,76956) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76940 and 76956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76940 and 76956.

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How to find the GCF of 76940 and 76956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76940 and 76956. After we will calculate the factors of 76940 and 76956 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76940

Prime factors of 76940 are 2, 5, 3847. Prime factorization of 76940 in exponential form is:

76940 = 22 × 51 × 38471

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76956

Prime factors of 76956 are 2, 3, 11, 53. Prime factorization of 76956 in exponential form is:

76956 = 22 × 31 × 112 × 531

Step-3: Factors of 76940

List of positive integer factors of 76940 that divides 76940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3847, 7694, 15388, 19235, 38470

Step-4: Factors of 76956

List of positive integer factors of 76956 that divides 76940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 53, 66, 106, 121, 132, 159, 212, 242, 318, 363, 484, 583, 636, 726, 1166, 1452, 1749, 2332, 3498, 6413, 6996, 12826, 19239, 25652, 38478

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76940 and 76956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76940 and 76956 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 76940 and 76956