What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77232 and 77236?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77232 and 77236 is 4.

GCF(77232,77236) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77232 and 77236, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77232 and 77236.

How to find the GCF of 77232 and 77236?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77232 and 77236. After we will calculate the factors of 77232 and 77236 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77232

Prime factors of 77232 are 2, 3, 1609. Prime factorization of 77232 in exponential form is:

77232 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 1609¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77236

Prime factors of 77236 are 2, 19309. Prime factorization of 77236 in exponential form is:

77236 = 2² × 19309¹

Step-3: Factors of 77232

List of positive integer factors of 77232 that divides 77232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1609, 3218, 4827, 6436, 9654, 12872, 19308, 25744, 38616

Step-4: Factors of 77236

List of positive integer factors of 77236 that divides 77232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19309, 38618

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77232 and 77236. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77232 and 77236 is 4.

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