What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44960 and 44966?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44960 and 44966 is 2.

GCF(44960,44966) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44960 and 44966, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44960 and 44966.

How to find the GCF of 44960 and 44966?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44960 and 44966. After we will calculate the factors of 44960 and 44966 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44960

Prime factors of 44960 are 2, 5, 281. Prime factorization of 44960 in exponential form is:

44960 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44966

Prime factors of 44966 are 2, 22483. Prime factorization of 44966 in exponential form is:

44966 = 2¹ × 22483¹

Step-3: Factors of 44960

List of positive integer factors of 44960 that divides 44960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 80, 160, 281, 562, 1124, 1405, 2248, 2810, 4496, 5620, 8992, 11240, 22480

Step-4: Factors of 44966

List of positive integer factors of 44966 that divides 44960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 22483

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44960 and 44966. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44960 and 44966 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44960 and 44966