Greatest Common Factor of 104 and 8463

GCF(104, 8463) = 13, Greatest common factor of 104 and 8463 is 13. 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 8463. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.

Greatest Common Factor of 104 and 8463 by prime factorization method

We will first find the prime factorization of 104 and 8463.
Prime Factorization of 104 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 13 and Prime Factorization of 8463 is 1, 3, 7, 13, 31.

  • Factorize\( (104) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 13\)
  • Factorize\( (8463) = \) \(1\times 3\times 7\times 13\times 31\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 13) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(104, 8463) = 1\times 13 = 13\).

Greatest Common Factor of 104 and 8463 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 8463 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, 39, 91, 93, 217, 273, 403, 651, 1209, 2821, 8463
As you can see, 13 is the greatest and common number that 104 and 8463 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 104 and 8463 is 13.
\(GCF(104, 8463) = 13\).

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