What is the Greatest Common Factor of 22976 and 22980?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 22976 and 22980 is 4.

GCF(22976,22980) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 22976 and 22980, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 22976 and 22980.

How to find the GCF of 22976 and 22980?

We will first find the prime factorization of 22976 and 22980. After we will calculate the factors of 22976 and 22980 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 22976

Prime factors of 22976 are 2, 359. Prime factorization of 22976 in exponential form is:

22976 = 2⁶ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 22980

Prime factors of 22980 are 2, 3, 5, 383. Prime factorization of 22980 in exponential form is:

22980 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 383¹

Step-3: Factors of 22976

List of positive integer factors of 22976 that divides 22976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 359, 718, 1436, 2872, 5744, 11488

Step-4: Factors of 22980

List of positive integer factors of 22980 that divides 22976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 383, 766, 1149, 1532, 1915, 2298, 3830, 4596, 5745, 7660, 11490

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 22976 and 22980. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 22976 and 22980 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 22976 and 22980