Greatest Common Factor of 248 and 6086

GCF(248, 6086) = 2, Greatest common factor of 248 and 6086 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 248 and 6086. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.

Greatest Common Factor of 248 and 6086 by prime factorization method

We will first find the prime factorization of 248 and 6086.
Prime Factorization of 248 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 31 and Prime Factorization of 6086 is 1, 2, 17, 179.

  • Factorize\( (248) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 31\)
  • Factorize\( (6086) = \) \(1\times 2\times 17\times 179\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(248, 6086) = 1\times 2 = 2\).

Greatest Common Factor of 248 and 6086 by matching factors method

List of positive integers factors of 248 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 31, 62, 124, 248
List of positive integers factors of 6086 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 17, 34, 179, 358, 3043, 6086
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 248 and 6086 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 248 and 6086 is 2.
\(GCF(248, 6086) = 2\).

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