What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44860 and 44864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44860 and 44864 is 4.

GCF(44860,44864) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44860 and 44864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44860 and 44864.

How to find the GCF of 44860 and 44864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44860 and 44864. After we will calculate the factors of 44860 and 44864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44860

Prime factors of 44860 are 2, 5, 2243. Prime factorization of 44860 in exponential form is:

44860 = 2² × 5¹ × 2243¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44864

Prime factors of 44864 are 2, 701. Prime factorization of 44864 in exponential form is:

44864 = 2⁶ × 701¹

Step-3: Factors of 44860

List of positive integer factors of 44860 that divides 44860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2243, 4486, 8972, 11215, 22430

Step-4: Factors of 44864

List of positive integer factors of 44864 that divides 44860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 701, 1402, 2804, 5608, 11216, 22432

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44860 and 44864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44860 and 44864 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44860 and 44864