What is the Greatest Common Factor of 95964 and 95972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 95964 and 95972 is 4.

GCF(95964,95972) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 95964 and 95972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 95964 and 95972.

How to find the GCF of 95964 and 95972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 95964 and 95972. After we will calculate the factors of 95964 and 95972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 95964

Prime factors of 95964 are 2, 3, 11, 727. Prime factorization of 95964 in exponential form is:

95964 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 95972

Prime factors of 95972 are 2, 23993. Prime factorization of 95972 in exponential form is:

95972 = 2² × 23993¹

Step-3: Factors of 95964

List of positive integer factors of 95964 that divides 95964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 727, 1454, 2181, 2908, 4362, 7997, 8724, 15994, 23991, 31988, 47982

Step-4: Factors of 95972

List of positive integer factors of 95972 that divides 95964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23993, 47986

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 95964 and 95972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 95964 and 95972 is 4.

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