What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9600 and 9604?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9600 and 9604 is 4.

GCF(9600,9604) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9600 and 9604, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9600 and 9604.

How to find the GCF of 9600 and 9604?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9600 and 9604. After we will calculate the factors of 9600 and 9604 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9600

Prime factors of 9600 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 9600 in exponential form is:

9600 = 2⁷ × 3¹ × 5²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9604

Prime factors of 9604 are 2, 7. Prime factorization of 9604 in exponential form is:

9604 = 2² × 7⁴

Step-3: Factors of 9600

List of positive integer factors of 9600 that divides 9600 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 30, 32, 40, 48, 50, 60, 64, 75, 80, 96, 100, 120, 128, 150, 160, 192, 200, 240, 300, 320, 384, 400, 480, 600, 640, 800, 960, 1200, 1600, 1920, 2400, 3200, 4800

Step-4: Factors of 9604

List of positive integer factors of 9604 that divides 9600 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 49, 98, 196, 343, 686, 1372, 2401, 4802

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9600 and 9604. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9600 and 9604 is 4.

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