Greatest Common Factor of 108 and 2504
GCF(108, 2504) = 4, Greatest common factor of 108 and 2504 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 108 and 2504. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 108 and 2504 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 108 and 2504.
Prime Factorization of 108 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3 and Prime Factorization of 2504 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 313.
- Factorize\( (108) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 3\times 3\)
- Factorize\( (2504) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 313\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(108, 2504) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 108 and 2504 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 108 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108
List of positive integers factors of 2504 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 313, 626, 1252, 2504
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 108 and 2504 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 108 and 2504 is 4.
\(GCF(108, 2504) = 4\).
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