What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44722 and 44740?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44722 and 44740 is 2.

GCF(44722,44740) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44722 and 44740, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44722 and 44740.

How to find the GCF of 44722 and 44740?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44722 and 44740. After we will calculate the factors of 44722 and 44740 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44722

Prime factors of 44722 are 2, 59, 379. Prime factorization of 44722 in exponential form is:

44722 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44740

Prime factors of 44740 are 2, 5, 2237. Prime factorization of 44740 in exponential form is:

44740 = 2² × 5¹ × 2237¹

Step-3: Factors of 44722

List of positive integer factors of 44722 that divides 44722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 379, 758, 22361

Step-4: Factors of 44740

List of positive integer factors of 44740 that divides 44722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2237, 4474, 8948, 11185, 22370

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44722 and 44740. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44722 and 44740 is 2.

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