Greatest Common Factor of 148 and 10508
GCF(148, 10508) = 148, Greatest common factor of 148 and 10508 is 148. 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 148 and 10508. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 148 and 10508 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 148 and 10508.
Prime Factorization of 148 is 1, 2, 2, 37 and Prime Factorization of 10508 is 1, 2, 2, 37, 71.
- Factorize\( (148) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 37\)
- Factorize\( (10508) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 37\times 71\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2, 37) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(148, 10508) = 1\times 2\times 2\times 37 = 148\).
Greatest Common Factor of 148 and 10508 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 148 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 37, 74, 148
List of positive integers factors of 10508 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 37, 71, 74, 142, 148, 284, 2627, 5254, 10508
As you can see, 148 is the greatest and common number that 148 and 10508 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 148 and 10508 is 148.
\(GCF(148, 10508) = 148\).
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