What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4421 and 4438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4421 and 4438 is 1.

GCF(4421,4438) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4421 and 4438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4421 and 4438.

How to find the GCF of 4421 and 4438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4421 and 4438. After we will calculate the factors of 4421 and 4438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4421

Prime factors of 4421 are 4421. Prime factorization of 4421 in exponential form is:

4421 = 4421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4438

Prime factors of 4438 are 2, 7, 317. Prime factorization of 4438 in exponential form is:

4438 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 317¹

Step-3: Factors of 4421

List of positive integer factors of 4421 that divides 4421 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 4438

List of positive integer factors of 4438 that divides 4421 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 317, 634, 2219

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4421 and 4438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4421 and 4438 is 1.

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