Greatest Common Factor of 160 and 9434
GCF(160, 9434) = 2, Greatest common factor of 160 and 9434 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 160 and 9434. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 160 and 9434 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 160 and 9434.
Prime Factorization of 160 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5 and Prime Factorization of 9434 is 1, 2, 53, 89.
- Factorize\( (160) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (9434) = \) \(1\times 2\times 53\times 89\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(160, 9434) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 160 and 9434 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 9434 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 53, 89, 106, 178, 4717, 9434
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 160 and 9434 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 160 and 9434 is 2.
\(GCF(160, 9434) = 2\).
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