What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44462 and 44478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44462 and 44478 is 2.

GCF(44462,44478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44462 and 44478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44462 and 44478.

How to find the GCF of 44462 and 44478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44462 and 44478. After we will calculate the factors of 44462 and 44478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44462

Prime factors of 44462 are 2, 11, 43, 47. Prime factorization of 44462 in exponential form is:

44462 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 43¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44478

Prime factors of 44478 are 2, 3, 7, 353. Prime factorization of 44478 in exponential form is:

44478 = 2¹ × 3² × 7¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 44462

List of positive integer factors of 44462 that divides 44462 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 43, 47, 86, 94, 473, 517, 946, 1034, 2021, 4042, 22231

Step-4: Factors of 44478

List of positive integer factors of 44478 that divides 44462 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 126, 353, 706, 1059, 2118, 2471, 3177, 4942, 6354, 7413, 14826, 22239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44462 and 44478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44462 and 44478 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44462 and 44478