What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77656 and 77668?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77656 and 77668 is 4.

GCF(77656,77668) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77656 and 77668, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77656 and 77668.

How to find the GCF of 77656 and 77668?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77656 and 77668. After we will calculate the factors of 77656 and 77668 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77656

Prime factors of 77656 are 2, 17, 571. Prime factorization of 77656 in exponential form is:

77656 = 2³ × 17¹ × 571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77668

Prime factors of 77668 are 2, 19417. Prime factorization of 77668 in exponential form is:

77668 = 2² × 19417¹

Step-3: Factors of 77656

List of positive integer factors of 77656 that divides 77656 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 571, 1142, 2284, 4568, 9707, 19414, 38828

Step-4: Factors of 77668

List of positive integer factors of 77668 that divides 77656 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19417, 38834

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77656 and 77668. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77656 and 77668 is 4.

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