Greatest Common Factor of 124 and 6916
GCF(124, 6916) = 4, Greatest common factor of 124 and 6916 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 124 and 6916. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 124 and 6916 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 124 and 6916.
Prime Factorization of 124 is 1, 2, 2, 31 and Prime Factorization of 6916 is 1, 2, 2, 7, 13, 19.
- Factorize\( (124) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 31\)
- Factorize\( (6916) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 7\times 13\times 19\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(124, 6916) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 124 and 6916 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 124 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124
List of positive integers factors of 6916 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 14, 19, 26, 28, 38, 52, 76, 91, 133, 182, 247, 266, 364, 494, 532, 988, 1729, 3458, 6916
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 124 and 6916 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 124 and 6916 is 4.
\(GCF(124, 6916) = 4\).
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