What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64000 and 64004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64000 and 64004 is 4.

GCF(64000,64004) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64000 and 64004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64000 and 64004.

How to find the GCF of 64000 and 64004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64000 and 64004. After we will calculate the factors of 64000 and 64004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64000

Prime factors of 64000 are 2, 5. Prime factorization of 64000 in exponential form is:

64000 = 2⁹ × 5³

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64004

Prime factors of 64004 are 2, 16001. Prime factorization of 64004 in exponential form is:

64004 = 2² × 16001¹

Step-3: Factors of 64000

List of positive integer factors of 64000 that divides 64000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 25, 32, 40, 50, 64, 80, 100, 125, 128, 160, 200, 250, 256, 320, 400, 500, 512, 640, 800, 1000, 1280, 1600, 2000, 2560, 3200, 4000, 6400, 8000, 12800, 16000, 32000

Step-4: Factors of 64004

List of positive integer factors of 64004 that divides 64000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 16001, 32002

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64000 and 64004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64000 and 64004 is 4.

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