Greatest Common Factor of 920 and 8740
GCF(920, 8740) = 460, Greatest common factor of 920 and 8740 is 460. 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 8740. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 920 and 8740 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 920 and 8740.
Prime Factorization of 920 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 23 and Prime Factorization of 8740 is 1, 2, 2, 5, 19, 23.
- Factorize\( (920) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 5\times 23\)
- Factorize\( (8740) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 5\times 19\times 23\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2, 5, 23) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(920, 8740) = 1\times 2\times 2\times 5\times 23 = 460\).
Greatest Common Factor of 920 and 8740 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 8740 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 19, 20, 23, 38, 46, 76, 92, 95, 115, 190, 230, 380, 437, 460, 874, 1748, 2185, 4370, 8740
As you can see, 460 is the greatest and common number that 920 and 8740 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 920 and 8740 is 460.
\(GCF(920, 8740) = 460\).
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