What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84972 and 84976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84972 and 84976 is 4.

GCF(84972,84976) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84972 and 84976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84972 and 84976.

How to find the GCF of 84972 and 84976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84972 and 84976. After we will calculate the factors of 84972 and 84976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84972

Prime factors of 84972 are 2, 3, 73, 97. Prime factorization of 84972 in exponential form is:

84972 = 2² × 3¹ × 73¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84976

Prime factors of 84976 are 2, 47, 113. Prime factorization of 84976 in exponential form is:

84976 = 2⁴ × 47¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 84972

List of positive integer factors of 84972 that divides 84972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 73, 97, 146, 194, 219, 291, 292, 388, 438, 582, 876, 1164, 7081, 14162, 21243, 28324, 42486

Step-4: Factors of 84976

List of positive integer factors of 84976 that divides 84972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 47, 94, 113, 188, 226, 376, 452, 752, 904, 1808, 5311, 10622, 21244, 42488

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84972 and 84976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84972 and 84976 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 84972 and 84976