Greatest Common Factor of 124 and 9304
GCF(124, 9304) = 4, Greatest common factor of 124 and 9304 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 9304. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 124 and 9304 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 124 and 9304.
Prime Factorization of 124 is 1, 2, 2, 31 and Prime Factorization of 9304 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 1163.
- Factorize\( (124) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 31\)
- Factorize\( (9304) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 1163\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(124, 9304) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 124 and 9304 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 9304 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 1163, 2326, 4652, 9304
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 124 and 9304 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 124 and 9304 is 4.
\(GCF(124, 9304) = 4\).
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