What is the Greatest Common Factor of 960 and 978?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 960 and 978 is 6.

GCF(960,978) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 960 and 978, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 960 and 978.

How to find the GCF of 960 and 978?

We will first find the prime factorization of 960 and 978. After we will calculate the factors of 960 and 978 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 960

Prime factors of 960 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 960 in exponential form is:

960 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 5¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 978

Prime factors of 978 are 2, 3, 163. Prime factorization of 978 in exponential form is:

978 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 960

List of positive integer factors of 960 that divides 960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320, 480

Step-4: Factors of 978

List of positive integer factors of 978 that divides 960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 163, 326, 489

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 960 and 978. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 960 and 978 is 6.

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