What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44072 and 44078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44072 and 44078 is 2.

GCF(44072,44078) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44072 and 44078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44072 and 44078.

How to find the GCF of 44072 and 44078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44072 and 44078. After we will calculate the factors of 44072 and 44078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44072

Prime factors of 44072 are 2, 7, 787. Prime factorization of 44072 in exponential form is:

44072 = 2³ × 7¹ × 787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44078

Prime factors of 44078 are 2, 22039. Prime factorization of 44078 in exponential form is:

44078 = 2¹ × 22039¹

Step-3: Factors of 44072

List of positive integer factors of 44072 that divides 44072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 787, 1574, 3148, 5509, 6296, 11018, 22036

Step-4: Factors of 44078

List of positive integer factors of 44078 that divides 44072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 22039

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44072 and 44078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44072 and 44078 is 2.

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