Greatest Common Factor of 160 and 3871
GCF(160, 3871) = 1, Greatest common factor of 160 and 3871 is 1. 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 160 and 3871. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 160 and 3871 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 160 and 3871.
Prime Factorization of 160 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5 and Prime Factorization of 3871 is 1, 7, 7, 79.
- Factorize\( (160) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (3871) = \) \(1\times 7\times 7\times 79\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(160, 3871) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 160 and 3871 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 160 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 80, 160
List of positive integers factors of 3871 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 7, 49, 79, 553, 3871
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 160 and 3871 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 160 and 3871 is 1.
\(GCF(160, 3871) = 1\).
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