What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22418 and 22422?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22418 and 22422 is 2.

GCF(22418,22422) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22418 and 22422, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22418 and 22422.

How to find the GCF of 22418 and 22422?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22418 and 22422. After we will calculate the factors of 22418 and 22422 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22418

Prime factors of 22418 are 2, 11, 1019. Prime factorization of 22418 in exponential form is:

22418 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1019¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22422

Prime factors of 22422 are 2, 3, 37, 101. Prime factorization of 22422 in exponential form is:

22422 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 37¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 22418

List of positive integer factors of 22418 that divides 22418 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1019, 2038, 11209

Step-4: Factors of 22422

List of positive integer factors of 22422 that divides 22418 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 37, 74, 101, 111, 202, 222, 303, 606, 3737, 7474, 11211

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22418 and 22422. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22418 and 22422 is 2.

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