Greatest Common Factor of 152 and 5871
GCF(152, 5871) = 19, Greatest common factor of 152 and 5871 is 19. 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 5871. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 152 and 5871 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 152 and 5871.
Prime Factorization of 152 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 19 and Prime Factorization of 5871 is 1, 3, 19, 103.
- Factorize\( (152) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 19\)
- Factorize\( (5871) = \) \(1\times 3\times 19\times 103\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 19) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(152, 5871) = 1\times 19 = 19\).
Greatest Common Factor of 152 and 5871 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 5871 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 19, 57, 103, 309, 1957, 5871
As you can see, 19 is the greatest and common number that 152 and 5871 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 152 and 5871 is 19.
\(GCF(152, 5871) = 19\).
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