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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4450 and 4462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4450 and 4462 is 2.

GCF(4450,4462) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4450 and 4462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4450 and 4462.

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How to find the GCF of 4450 and 4462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4450 and 4462. After we will calculate the factors of 4450 and 4462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4450

Prime factors of 4450 are 2, 5, 89. Prime factorization of 4450 in exponential form is:

4450 = 21 × 52 × 891

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4462

Prime factors of 4462 are 2, 23, 97. Prime factorization of 4462 in exponential form is:

4462 = 21 × 231 × 971

Step-3: Factors of 4450

List of positive integer factors of 4450 that divides 4450 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 89, 178, 445, 890, 2225

Step-4: Factors of 4462

List of positive integer factors of 4462 that divides 4450 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 97, 194, 2231

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4450 and 4462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4450 and 4462 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 4450 and 4462