What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22840 and 22855?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22840 and 22855 is 5.

GCF(22840,22855) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22840 and 22855, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22840 and 22855.

How to find the GCF of 22840 and 22855?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22840 and 22855. After we will calculate the factors of 22840 and 22855 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22840

Prime factors of 22840 are 2, 5, 571. Prime factorization of 22840 in exponential form is:

22840 = 2³ × 5¹ × 571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22855

Prime factors of 22855 are 5, 7, 653. Prime factorization of 22855 in exponential form is:

22855 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 22840

List of positive integer factors of 22840 that divides 22840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 571, 1142, 2284, 2855, 4568, 5710, 11420

Step-4: Factors of 22855

List of positive integer factors of 22855 that divides 22840 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 653, 3265, 4571

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22840 and 22855. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22840 and 22855 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 22840 and 22855