Greatest Common Factor of 152 and 3306
GCF(152, 3306) = 38, Greatest common factor of 152 and 3306 is 38. 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 152 and 3306. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 152 and 3306 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 152 and 3306.
Prime Factorization of 152 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 19 and Prime Factorization of 3306 is 1, 2, 3, 19, 29.
- Factorize\( (152) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 19\)
- Factorize\( (3306) = \) \(1\times 2\times 3\times 19\times 29\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 19) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(152, 3306) = 1\times 2\times 19 = 38\).
Greatest Common Factor of 152 and 3306 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 152 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 76, 152
List of positive integers factors of 3306 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 29, 38, 57, 58, 87, 114, 174, 551, 1102, 1653, 3306
As you can see, 38 is the greatest and common number that 152 and 3306 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 152 and 3306 is 38.
\(GCF(152, 3306) = 38\).
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