Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 9823
GCF(120, 9823) = 1, Greatest common factor of 120 and 9823 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 120 and 9823. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 9823 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 120 and 9823.
Prime Factorization of 120 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5 and Prime Factorization of 9823 is 1, 11, 19, 47.
- Factorize\( (120) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (9823) = \) \(1\times 11\times 19\times 47\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(120, 9823) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 120 and 9823 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 9823 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 11, 19, 47, 209, 517, 893, 9823
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 120 and 9823 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 120 and 9823 is 1.
\(GCF(120, 9823) = 1\).
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