What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22686 and 22698?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22686 and 22698 is 6.

GCF(22686,22698) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22686 and 22698, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22686 and 22698.

How to find the GCF of 22686 and 22698?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22686 and 22698. After we will calculate the factors of 22686 and 22698 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22686

Prime factors of 22686 are 2, 3, 19, 199. Prime factorization of 22686 in exponential form is:

22686 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22698

Prime factors of 22698 are 2, 3, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 22698 in exponential form is:

22698 = 2¹ × 3² × 13¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 22686

List of positive integer factors of 22686 that divides 22686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 199, 398, 597, 1194, 3781, 7562, 11343

Step-4: Factors of 22698

List of positive integer factors of 22698 that divides 22686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 39, 78, 97, 117, 194, 234, 291, 582, 873, 1261, 1746, 2522, 3783, 7566, 11349

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22686 and 22698. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22686 and 22698 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 22686 and 22698