What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4236 and 4240?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4236 and 4240 is 4.

GCF(4236,4240) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4236 and 4240, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4236 and 4240.

How to find the GCF of 4236 and 4240?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4236 and 4240. After we will calculate the factors of 4236 and 4240 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4236

Prime factors of 4236 are 2, 3, 353. Prime factorization of 4236 in exponential form is:

4236 = 2² × 3¹ × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4240

Prime factors of 4240 are 2, 5, 53. Prime factorization of 4240 in exponential form is:

4240 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 4236

List of positive integer factors of 4236 that divides 4236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 353, 706, 1059, 1412, 2118

Step-4: Factors of 4240

List of positive integer factors of 4240 that divides 4236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 53, 80, 106, 212, 265, 424, 530, 848, 1060, 2120

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4236 and 4240. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4236 and 4240 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 4236 and 4240