What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7896 and 7916?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7896 and 7916 is 4.

GCF(7896,7916) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7896 and 7916, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7896 and 7916.

How to find the GCF of 7896 and 7916?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7896 and 7916. After we will calculate the factors of 7896 and 7916 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7896

Prime factors of 7896 are 2, 3, 7, 47. Prime factorization of 7896 in exponential form is:

7896 = 2³ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7916

Prime factors of 7916 are 2, 1979. Prime factorization of 7916 in exponential form is:

7916 = 2² × 1979¹

Step-3: Factors of 7896

List of positive integer factors of 7896 that divides 7896 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 24, 28, 42, 47, 56, 84, 94, 141, 168, 188, 282, 329, 376, 564, 658, 987, 1128, 1316, 1974, 2632, 3948

Step-4: Factors of 7916

List of positive integer factors of 7916 that divides 7896 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1979, 3958

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7896 and 7916. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7896 and 7916 is 4.

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