Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor).
Follow the two steps below.
1. Carry out the prime factorization of the two numbers:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
196,554 = 2 × 3 × 17 × 41 × 47
196,554 is not a prime number but a composite one.
360,349 = 11 × 17 × 41 × 47
360,349 is not a prime number but a composite one.
* Prime number: a natural number that is divisible only by 1 and itself. A prime number has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
* Composite number: a natural number that has at least one other factor than 1 and itself.
2. Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf, hcf, gcd:
Multiply all the common prime factors, taken by their smallest exponents (the smallest powers).
gcf, hcf, gcd (196,554; 360,349) = 17 × 41 × 47 = 32,759
How to count the number of factors of a number?
If a number N is prime factorized as:
N = am × bk × cz
where a, b, c are the prime factors and m, k, z are their exponents, natural numbers, ....
Then the number of factors of the number N can be calculated as:
n = (m + 1) × (k + 1) × (z + 1)
In our case, the number of factors is calculated as:
n = (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) × (1 + 1) = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8
But to actually calculate the factors, see below...
3. Multiply the prime factors of the 'gcf':
Multiply the prime factors involved in the prime factorization of the GCF in all their unique combinations, that give different results.
Also add 1 to the list of factors (divisors). All the numbers are divisible by 1.
All the factors (divisors) are listed below - in ascending order
The list of factors (divisors):
neither prime nor composite =
1
prime factor =
17
prime factor =
41
prime factor =
47
This list continues below...