Greatest Common Factor of 148 and 596
GCF(148, 596) = 4, Greatest common factor of 148 and 596 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 148 and 596. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 148 and 596 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 148 and 596.
Prime Factorization of 148 is 1, 2, 2, 37 and Prime Factorization of 596 is 1, 2, 2, 149.
- Factorize\( (148) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 37\)
- Factorize\( (596) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 149\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(148, 596) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 148 and 596 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 596 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 149, 298, 596
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 148 and 596 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 148 and 596 is 4.
\(GCF(148, 596) = 4\).
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