What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44958 and 44964?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44958 and 44964 is 6.

GCF(44958,44964) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44958 and 44964, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44958 and 44964.

How to find the GCF of 44958 and 44964?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44958 and 44964. After we will calculate the factors of 44958 and 44964 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44958

Prime factors of 44958 are 2, 3, 59, 127. Prime factorization of 44958 in exponential form is:

44958 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 59¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44964

Prime factors of 44964 are 2, 3, 1249. Prime factorization of 44964 in exponential form is:

44964 = 2² × 3² × 1249¹

Step-3: Factors of 44958

List of positive integer factors of 44958 that divides 44958 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 59, 118, 127, 177, 254, 354, 381, 762, 7493, 14986, 22479

Step-4: Factors of 44964

List of positive integer factors of 44964 that divides 44958 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1249, 2498, 3747, 4996, 7494, 11241, 14988, 22482

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44958 and 44964. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44958 and 44964 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44958 and 44964