Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 7212
GCF(120, 7212) = 12, Greatest common factor of 120 and 7212 is 12. 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 120 and 7212. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 7212 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 120 and 7212.
Prime Factorization of 120 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5 and Prime Factorization of 7212 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 601.
- Factorize\( (120) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (7212) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 601\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2, 3) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(120, 7212) = 1\times 2\times 2\times 3 = 12\).
Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 7212 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 120 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120
List of positive integers factors of 7212 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 601, 1202, 1803, 2404, 3606, 7212
As you can see, 12 is the greatest and common number that 120 and 7212 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 120 and 7212 is 12.
\(GCF(120, 7212) = 12\).
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