What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44336 and 44344?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44336 and 44344 is 8.

GCF(44336,44344) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44336 and 44344, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44336 and 44344.

How to find the GCF of 44336 and 44344?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44336 and 44344. After we will calculate the factors of 44336 and 44344 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44336

Prime factors of 44336 are 2, 17, 163. Prime factorization of 44336 in exponential form is:

44336 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44344

Prime factors of 44344 are 2, 23, 241. Prime factorization of 44344 in exponential form is:

44344 = 2³ × 23¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 44336

List of positive integer factors of 44336 that divides 44336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 136, 163, 272, 326, 652, 1304, 2608, 2771, 5542, 11084, 22168

Step-4: Factors of 44344

List of positive integer factors of 44344 that divides 44336 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 92, 184, 241, 482, 964, 1928, 5543, 11086, 22172

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44336 and 44344. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44336 and 44344 is 8.

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