What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44466 and 44478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44466 and 44478 is 6.

GCF(44466,44478) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44466 and 44478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44466 and 44478.

How to find the GCF of 44466 and 44478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44466 and 44478. After we will calculate the factors of 44466 and 44478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44466

Prime factors of 44466 are 2, 3, 7411. Prime factorization of 44466 in exponential form is:

44466 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7411¹

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 44466

List of positive integer factors of 44466 that divides 44466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7411, 14822, 22233

Step-4: Factors of 44478

List of positive integer factors of 44478 that divides 44466 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 44466 and 44478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44466 and 44478 is 6.

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