Greatest Common Factor of 960 and 3046
GCF(960, 3046) = 2, Greatest common factor of 960 and 3046 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 960 and 3046. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 960 and 3046 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 960 and 3046.
Prime Factorization of 960 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5 and Prime Factorization of 3046 is 1, 2, 1523.
- Factorize\( (960) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 3\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (3046) = \) \(1\times 2\times 1523\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(960, 3046) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 960 and 3046 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 960 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320, 480, 960
List of positive integers factors of 3046 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 1523, 3046
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 960 and 3046 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 960 and 3046 is 2.
\(GCF(960, 3046) = 2\).
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