What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34218 and 34224?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34218 and 34224 is 6.

GCF(34218,34224) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34218 and 34224, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34218 and 34224.

How to find the GCF of 34218 and 34224?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34218 and 34224. After we will calculate the factors of 34218 and 34224 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34218

Prime factors of 34218 are 2, 3, 1901. Prime factorization of 34218 in exponential form is:

34218 = 2¹ × 3² × 1901¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34224

Prime factors of 34224 are 2, 3, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 34224 in exponential form is:

34224 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 34218

List of positive integer factors of 34218 that divides 34218 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1901, 3802, 5703, 11406, 17109

Step-4: Factors of 34224

List of positive integer factors of 34224 that divides 34218 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 23, 24, 31, 46, 48, 62, 69, 92, 93, 124, 138, 184, 186, 248, 276, 368, 372, 496, 552, 713, 744, 1104, 1426, 1488, 2139, 2852, 4278, 5704, 8556, 11408, 17112

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34218 and 34224. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34218 and 34224 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 34218 and 34224