Greatest Common Factor of 156 and 11193
GCF(156, 11193) = 39, Greatest common factor of 156 and 11193 is 39. 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 156 and 11193. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 156 and 11193 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 156 and 11193.
Prime Factorization of 156 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 13 and Prime Factorization of 11193 is 1, 3, 7, 13, 41.
- Factorize\( (156) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 13\)
- Factorize\( (11193) = \) \(1\times 3\times 7\times 13\times 41\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 3, 13) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(156, 11193) = 1\times 3\times 13 = 39\).
Greatest Common Factor of 156 and 11193 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 156 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156
List of positive integers factors of 11193 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 39, 41, 91, 123, 273, 287, 533, 861, 1599, 3731, 11193
As you can see, 39 is the greatest and common number that 156 and 11193 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 156 and 11193 is 39.
\(GCF(156, 11193) = 39\).
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