What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22842 and 22846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22842 and 22846 is 2.

GCF(22842,22846) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22842 and 22846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22842 and 22846.

How to find the GCF of 22842 and 22846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22842 and 22846. After we will calculate the factors of 22842 and 22846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22842

Prime factors of 22842 are 2, 3, 47. Prime factorization of 22842 in exponential form is:

22842 = 2¹ × 3⁵ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22846

Prime factors of 22846 are 2, 11423. Prime factorization of 22846 in exponential form is:

22846 = 2¹ × 11423¹

Step-3: Factors of 22842

List of positive integer factors of 22842 that divides 22842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 47, 54, 81, 94, 141, 162, 243, 282, 423, 486, 846, 1269, 2538, 3807, 7614, 11421

Step-4: Factors of 22846

List of positive integer factors of 22846 that divides 22842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11423

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22842 and 22846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22842 and 22846 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 22842 and 22846