What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22196 and 22202?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22196 and 22202 is 2.

GCF(22196,22202) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22196 and 22202, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22196 and 22202.

How to find the GCF of 22196 and 22202?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22196 and 22202. After we will calculate the factors of 22196 and 22202 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22196

Prime factors of 22196 are 2, 31, 179. Prime factorization of 22196 in exponential form is:

22196 = 2² × 31¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22202

Prime factors of 22202 are 2, 17, 653. Prime factorization of 22202 in exponential form is:

22202 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 22196

List of positive integer factors of 22196 that divides 22196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 179, 358, 716, 5549, 11098

Step-4: Factors of 22202

List of positive integer factors of 22202 that divides 22196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 653, 1306, 11101

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22196 and 22202. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22196 and 22202 is 2.

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