Greatest Common Factor of 112 and 6121
GCF(112, 6121) = 1, Greatest common factor of 112 and 6121 is 1. 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 112 and 6121. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 112 and 6121 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 112 and 6121.
Prime Factorization of 112 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 7 and Prime Factorization of 6121 is 1, 6121.
- Factorize\( (112) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 7\)
- Factorize\( (6121) = \) \(1\times 6121\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(112, 6121) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 112 and 6121 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 112 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 56, 112
List of positive integers factors of 6121 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 6121
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 112 and 6121 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 112 and 6121 is 1.
\(GCF(112, 6121) = 1\).
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