What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77760 and 77776?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77760 and 77776 is 16.

GCF(77760,77776) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77760 and 77776, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77760 and 77776.

How to find the GCF of 77760 and 77776?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77760 and 77776. After we will calculate the factors of 77760 and 77776 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77760

Prime factors of 77760 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 77760 in exponential form is:

77760 = 2⁶ × 3⁵ × 5¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77776

Prime factors of 77776 are 2, 4861. Prime factorization of 77776 in exponential form is:

77776 = 2⁴ × 4861¹

Step-3: Factors of 77760

List of positive integer factors of 77760 that divides 77760 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 27, 30, 32, 36, 40, 45, 48, 54, 60, 64, 72, 80, 81, 90, 96, 108, 120, 135, 144, 160, 162, 180, 192, 216, 240, 243, 270, 288, 320, 324, 360, 405, 432, 480, 486, 540, 576, 648, 720, 810, 864, 960, 972, 1080, 1215, 1296, 1440, 1620, 1728, 1944, 2160, 2430, 2592, 2880, 3240, 3888, 4320, 4860, 5184, 6480, 7776, 8640, 9720, 12960, 15552, 19440, 25920, 38880

Step-4: Factors of 77776

List of positive integer factors of 77776 that divides 77760 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 4861, 9722, 19444, 38888

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77760 and 77776. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77760 and 77776 is 16.

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