Greatest Common Factor of 156 and 1730
GCF(156, 1730) = 2, Greatest common factor of 156 and 1730 is 2. 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 1730. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 156 and 1730 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 156 and 1730.
Prime Factorization of 156 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 13 and Prime Factorization of 1730 is 1, 2, 5, 173.
- Factorize\( (156) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 13\)
- Factorize\( (1730) = \) \(1\times 2\times 5\times 173\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(156, 1730) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 156 and 1730 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 1730 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 5, 10, 173, 346, 865, 1730
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 156 and 1730 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 156 and 1730 is 2.
\(GCF(156, 1730) = 2\).
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