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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77940 and 77956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77940 and 77956 is 4.

GCF(77940,77956) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77940 and 77956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77940 and 77956.

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How to find the GCF of 77940 and 77956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77940 and 77956. After we will calculate the factors of 77940 and 77956 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77940

Prime factors of 77940 are 2, 3, 5, 433. Prime factorization of 77940 in exponential form is:

77940 = 22 × 32 × 51 × 4331

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77956

Prime factors of 77956 are 2, 19489. Prime factorization of 77956 in exponential form is:

77956 = 22 × 194891

Step-3: Factors of 77940

List of positive integer factors of 77940 that divides 77940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 30, 36, 45, 60, 90, 180, 433, 866, 1299, 1732, 2165, 2598, 3897, 4330, 5196, 6495, 7794, 8660, 12990, 15588, 19485, 25980, 38970

Step-4: Factors of 77956

List of positive integer factors of 77956 that divides 77940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19489, 38978

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77940 and 77956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77940 and 77956 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 77940 and 77956