What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22540 and 22548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22540 and 22548 is 4.

GCF(22540,22548) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22540 and 22548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22540 and 22548.

How to find the GCF of 22540 and 22548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22540 and 22548. After we will calculate the factors of 22540 and 22548 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22540

Prime factors of 22540 are 2, 5, 7, 23. Prime factorization of 22540 in exponential form is:

22540 = 2² × 5¹ × 7² × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22548

Prime factors of 22548 are 2, 3, 1879. Prime factorization of 22548 in exponential form is:

22548 = 2² × 3¹ × 1879¹

Step-3: Factors of 22540

List of positive integer factors of 22540 that divides 22540 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 23, 28, 35, 46, 49, 70, 92, 98, 115, 140, 161, 196, 230, 245, 322, 460, 490, 644, 805, 980, 1127, 1610, 2254, 3220, 4508, 5635, 11270

Step-4: Factors of 22548

List of positive integer factors of 22548 that divides 22540 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1879, 3758, 5637, 7516, 11274

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22540 and 22548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22540 and 22548 is 4.

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