What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7952 and 7970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7952 and 7970 is 2.

GCF(7952,7970) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7952 and 7970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7952 and 7970.

How to find the GCF of 7952 and 7970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7952 and 7970. After we will calculate the factors of 7952 and 7970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7952

Prime factors of 7952 are 2, 7, 71. Prime factorization of 7952 in exponential form is:

7952 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7970

Prime factors of 7970 are 2, 5, 797. Prime factorization of 7970 in exponential form is:

7970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 797¹

Step-3: Factors of 7952

List of positive integer factors of 7952 that divides 7952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 71, 112, 142, 284, 497, 568, 994, 1136, 1988, 3976

Step-4: Factors of 7970

List of positive integer factors of 7970 that divides 7952 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 797, 1594, 3985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7952 and 7970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7952 and 7970 is 2.

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