Greatest Common Factor of 8468 and 6988
GCF(8468, 6988) = 4, Greatest common factor of 8468 and 6988 is 4. 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 8468 and 6988. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 8468 and 6988 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 8468 and 6988.
Prime Factorization of 8468 is 1, 2, 2, 29, 73 and Prime Factorization of 6988 is 1, 2, 2, 1747.
- Factorize\( (8468) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 29\times 73\)
- Factorize\( (6988) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 1747\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(8468, 6988) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 8468 and 6988 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 8468 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 73, 116, 146, 292, 2117, 4234, 8468
List of positive integers factors of 6988 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 1747, 3494, 6988
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 8468 and 6988 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 8468 and 6988 is 4.
\(GCF(8468, 6988) = 4\).
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