What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22172 and 22176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22172 and 22176 is 4.

GCF(22172,22176) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22172 and 22176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22172 and 22176.

How to find the GCF of 22172 and 22176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22172 and 22176. After we will calculate the factors of 22172 and 22176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22172

Prime factors of 22172 are 2, 23, 241. Prime factorization of 22172 in exponential form is:

22172 = 2² × 23¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22176

Prime factors of 22176 are 2, 3, 7, 11. Prime factorization of 22176 in exponential form is:

22176 = 2⁵ × 3² × 7¹ × 11¹

Step-3: Factors of 22172

List of positive integer factors of 22172 that divides 22172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 241, 482, 964, 5543, 11086

Step-4: Factors of 22176

List of positive integer factors of 22176 that divides 22172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 28, 32, 33, 36, 42, 44, 48, 56, 63, 66, 72, 77, 84, 88, 96, 99, 112, 126, 132, 144, 154, 168, 176, 198, 224, 231, 252, 264, 288, 308, 336, 352, 396, 462, 504, 528, 616, 672, 693, 792, 924, 1008, 1056, 1232, 1386, 1584, 1848, 2016, 2464, 2772, 3168, 3696, 5544, 7392, 11088

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22172 and 22176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22172 and 22176 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 22172 and 22176