What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23440 and 23446?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23440 and 23446 is 2.

GCF(23440,23446) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23440 and 23446, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23440 and 23446.

How to find the GCF of 23440 and 23446?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23440 and 23446. After we will calculate the factors of 23440 and 23446 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23440

Prime factors of 23440 are 2, 5, 293. Prime factorization of 23440 in exponential form is:

23440 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23446

Prime factors of 23446 are 2, 19, 617. Prime factorization of 23446 in exponential form is:

23446 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 617¹

Step-3: Factors of 23440

List of positive integer factors of 23440 that divides 23440 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 293, 586, 1172, 1465, 2344, 2930, 4688, 5860, 11720

Step-4: Factors of 23446

List of positive integer factors of 23446 that divides 23440 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 617, 1234, 11723

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23440 and 23446. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23440 and 23446 is 2.

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