What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64304 and 64318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64304 and 64318 is 2.

GCF(64304,64318) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64304 and 64318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64304 and 64318.

How to find the GCF of 64304 and 64318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64304 and 64318. After we will calculate the factors of 64304 and 64318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64304

Prime factors of 64304 are 2, 4019. Prime factorization of 64304 in exponential form is:

64304 = 2⁴ × 4019¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64318

Prime factors of 64318 are 2, 32159. Prime factorization of 64318 in exponential form is:

64318 = 2¹ × 32159¹

Step-3: Factors of 64304

List of positive integer factors of 64304 that divides 64304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 4019, 8038, 16076, 32152

Step-4: Factors of 64318

List of positive integer factors of 64318 that divides 64304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32159

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64304 and 64318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64304 and 64318 is 2.

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