What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4708 and 4726?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4708 and 4726 is 2.

GCF(4708,4726) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4708 and 4726, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4708 and 4726.

How to find the GCF of 4708 and 4726?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4708 and 4726. After we will calculate the factors of 4708 and 4726 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4708

Prime factors of 4708 are 2, 11, 107. Prime factorization of 4708 in exponential form is:

4708 = 2² × 11¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4726

Prime factors of 4726 are 2, 17, 139. Prime factorization of 4726 in exponential form is:

4726 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 4708

List of positive integer factors of 4708 that divides 4708 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 107, 214, 428, 1177, 2354

Step-4: Factors of 4726

List of positive integer factors of 4726 that divides 4708 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 139, 278, 2363

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4708 and 4726. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4708 and 4726 is 2.

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