Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 8709
GCF(120, 8709) = 3, Greatest common factor of 120 and 8709 is 3. 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 8709. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 8709 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 120 and 8709.
Prime Factorization of 120 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5 and Prime Factorization of 8709 is 1, 3, 2903.
- Factorize\( (120) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (8709) = \) \(1\times 3\times 2903\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 3) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(120, 8709) = 1\times 3 = 3\).
Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 8709 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 8709 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 2903, 8709
As you can see, 3 is the greatest and common number that 120 and 8709 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 120 and 8709 is 3.
\(GCF(120, 8709) = 3\).
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