Greatest Common Factor of 104 and 4124
GCF(104, 4124) = 4, Greatest common factor of 104 and 4124 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 104 and 4124. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 104 and 4124 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 104 and 4124.
Prime Factorization of 104 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 13 and Prime Factorization of 4124 is 1, 2, 2, 1031.
- Factorize\( (104) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 13\)
- Factorize\( (4124) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 1031\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(104, 4124) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 104 and 4124 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 104 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104
List of positive integers factors of 4124 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 1031, 2062, 4124
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 104 and 4124 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 104 and 4124 is 4.
\(GCF(104, 4124) = 4\).
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