Greatest Common Factor of 920 and 5508
GCF(920, 5508) = 4, Greatest common factor of 920 and 5508 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 920 and 5508. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 920 and 5508 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 920 and 5508.
Prime Factorization of 920 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 23 and Prime Factorization of 5508 is 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 17.
- Factorize\( (920) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 5\times 23\)
- Factorize\( (5508) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 3\times 3\times 3\times 17\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(920, 5508) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 920 and 5508 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 920 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 23, 40, 46, 92, 115, 184, 230, 460, 920
List of positive integers factors of 5508 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 17, 18, 27, 34, 36, 51, 54, 68, 81, 102, 108, 153, 162, 204, 306, 324, 459, 612, 918, 1377, 1836, 2754, 5508
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 920 and 5508 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 920 and 5508 is 4.
\(GCF(920, 5508) = 4\).
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