Excel GCD Function

What is GCD Function in Excel?

The GCD function is one of the math functions of Excel.

It Returns the greatest common divisor.

We can find this function in Math & trig category of insert function Tab.

How to use GCD function in excel

  1. Click on an empty cell (like F5 )
empty cell in excel

2. Click on fx icon (or press shift+F3)

 fx icon in excel

3. In the insert function tab you will see all functions

insert function tab in excel

4. Select math and trig category

5. Select GCD function

6. Then select ok

excel GCD function

7. In the function arguments Tab you will see GCD function

8 & 9. Numbers: number1,number2,… are 1 to 255 values

10. You will see results in the formula result section

How to use GCD function in excel

Examples of GCD function in Excel

Example 1:

How to use GCD function in excel

You can see examples of GCD function below:

Examples of GCD function in Excel
gcd(A2,B2) ----->>>>answer is  3

gcd(A3,B3) ----->>>>answer is  9

gcd(A4,B4) ----->>>>answer is  2

gcd(A5,B5) ----->>>>answer is  10

gcd(A6,B6) ----->>>>answer is  1

What is the purpose of GCD function?

It Returns the greatest common divisor.

What is the Return value of GCD function?

It returns a number.

How many arguments does GCD function have?

This function has just 2 Argument.

The argument of GCD function is number.

Numbers: number1,number2,… are 1 to 255 values.

The argument of GCD function is required and not optional.

GCD(number) = number

Which version of excel supports GCD function?

This function is available for all excel versions (2003-2019)

Errors in GCD function

GCD related functions :

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