What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34518 and 34522?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34518 and 34522 is 2.

GCF(34518,34522) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34518 and 34522, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34518 and 34522.

How to find the GCF of 34518 and 34522?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34518 and 34522. After we will calculate the factors of 34518 and 34522 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34518

Prime factors of 34518 are 2, 3, 11, 523. Prime factorization of 34518 in exponential form is:

34518 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34522

Prime factors of 34522 are 2, 41, 421. Prime factorization of 34522 in exponential form is:

34522 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 34518

List of positive integer factors of 34518 that divides 34518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 523, 1046, 1569, 3138, 5753, 11506, 17259

Step-4: Factors of 34522

List of positive integer factors of 34522 that divides 34518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 421, 842, 17261

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34518 and 34522. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34518 and 34522 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 34518 and 34522