Greatest Common Factor of 76 and 8016
GCF(76, 8016) = 4, Greatest common factor of 76 and 8016 is 4. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 76 and 8016. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 76 and 8016 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 76 and 8016.
Prime Factorization of 76 is 1, 2, 2, 19 and Prime Factorization of 8016 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 167.
- Factorize\( (76) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 19\)
- Factorize\( (8016) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 167\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(76, 8016) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 76 and 8016 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 76 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76
List of positive integers factors of 8016 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 167, 334, 501, 668, 1002, 1336, 2004, 2672, 4008, 8016
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 76 and 8016 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 76 and 8016 is 4.
\(GCF(76, 8016) = 4\).
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