Greatest Common Factor of 540 and 3260
GCF(540, 3260) = 20, Greatest common factor of 540 and 3260 is 20. 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 540 and 3260. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 540 and 3260 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 540 and 3260.
Prime Factorization of 540 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5 and Prime Factorization of 3260 is 1, 2, 2, 5, 163.
- Factorize\( (540) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 3\times 3\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (3260) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 5\times 163\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2, 5) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(540, 3260) = 1\times 2\times 2\times 5 = 20\).
Greatest Common Factor of 540 and 3260 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 540 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 27, 30, 36, 45, 54, 60, 90, 108, 135, 180, 270, 540
List of positive integers factors of 3260 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 163, 326, 652, 815, 1630, 3260
As you can see, 20 is the greatest and common number that 540 and 3260 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 540 and 3260 is 20.
\(GCF(540, 3260) = 20\).
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