What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76976 and 76996?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76976 and 76996 is 4.

GCF(76976,76996) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76976 and 76996, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76976 and 76996.

How to find the GCF of 76976 and 76996?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76976 and 76996. After we will calculate the factors of 76976 and 76996 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76976

Prime factors of 76976 are 2, 17, 283. Prime factorization of 76976 in exponential form is:

76976 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76996

Prime factors of 76996 are 2, 19249. Prime factorization of 76996 in exponential form is:

76996 = 2² × 19249¹

Step-3: Factors of 76976

List of positive integer factors of 76976 that divides 76976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 136, 272, 283, 566, 1132, 2264, 4528, 4811, 9622, 19244, 38488

Step-4: Factors of 76996

List of positive integer factors of 76996 that divides 76976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19249, 38498

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76976 and 76996. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76976 and 76996 is 4.

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