What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22281 and 22296?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22281 and 22296 is 3.

GCF(22281,22296) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22281 and 22296, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22281 and 22296.

How to find the GCF of 22281 and 22296?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22281 and 22296. After we will calculate the factors of 22281 and 22296 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22281

Prime factors of 22281 are 3, 7, 1061. Prime factorization of 22281 in exponential form is:

22281 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1061¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22296

Prime factors of 22296 are 2, 3, 929. Prime factorization of 22296 in exponential form is:

22296 = 2³ × 3¹ × 929¹

Step-3: Factors of 22281

List of positive integer factors of 22281 that divides 22281 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1061, 3183, 7427

Step-4: Factors of 22296

List of positive integer factors of 22296 that divides 22281 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 929, 1858, 2787, 3716, 5574, 7432, 11148

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22281 and 22296. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22281 and 22296 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 22281 and 22296