What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44426 and 44430?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44426 and 44430 is 2.

GCF(44426,44430) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44426 and 44430, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44426 and 44430.

How to find the GCF of 44426 and 44430?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44426 and 44430. After we will calculate the factors of 44426 and 44430 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44426

Prime factors of 44426 are 2, 97, 229. Prime factorization of 44426 in exponential form is:

44426 = 2¹ × 97¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44430

Prime factors of 44430 are 2, 3, 5, 1481. Prime factorization of 44430 in exponential form is:

44430 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 1481¹

Step-3: Factors of 44426

List of positive integer factors of 44426 that divides 44426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 97, 194, 229, 458, 22213

Step-4: Factors of 44430

List of positive integer factors of 44430 that divides 44426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 1481, 2962, 4443, 7405, 8886, 14810, 22215

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44426 and 44430. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44426 and 44430 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44426 and 44430