What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7148 and 7168?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7148 and 7168 is 4.

GCF(7148,7168) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7148 and 7168, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7148 and 7168.

How to find the GCF of 7148 and 7168?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7148 and 7168. After we will calculate the factors of 7148 and 7168 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7148

Prime factors of 7148 are 2, 1787. Prime factorization of 7148 in exponential form is:

7148 = 2² × 1787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7168

Prime factors of 7168 are 2, 7. Prime factorization of 7168 in exponential form is:

7168 = 2¹⁰ × 7¹

Step-3: Factors of 7148

List of positive integer factors of 7148 that divides 7148 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1787, 3574

Step-4: Factors of 7168

List of positive integer factors of 7168 that divides 7148 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 64, 112, 128, 224, 256, 448, 512, 896, 1024, 1792, 3584

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7148 and 7168. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7148 and 7168 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 7148 and 7168