Greatest Common Factor of 140 and 5403
GCF(140, 5403) = 1, Greatest common factor of 140 and 5403 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 140 and 5403. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 140 and 5403 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 140 and 5403.
Prime Factorization of 140 is 1, 2, 2, 5, 7 and Prime Factorization of 5403 is 1, 3, 1801.
- Factorize\( (140) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 5\times 7\)
- Factorize\( (5403) = \) \(1\times 3\times 1801\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(140, 5403) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 140 and 5403 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 140 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 140
List of positive integers factors of 5403 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 1801, 5403
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 140 and 5403 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 140 and 5403 is 1.
\(GCF(140, 5403) = 1\).
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