Greatest Common Factor of 140 and 9612
GCF(140, 9612) = 4, Greatest common factor of 140 and 9612 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 140 and 9612. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 140 and 9612 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 140 and 9612.
Prime Factorization of 140 is 1, 2, 2, 5, 7 and Prime Factorization of 9612 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 89.
- Factorize\( (140) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 5\times 7\)
- Factorize\( (9612) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 3\times 3\times 89\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(140, 9612) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 140 and 9612 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 9612 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 89, 108, 178, 267, 356, 534, 801, 1068, 1602, 2403, 3204, 4806, 9612
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 140 and 9612 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 140 and 9612 is 4.
\(GCF(140, 9612) = 4\).
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