What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44960 and 44979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44960 and 44979 is 1.

GCF(44960,44979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44960 and 44979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44960 and 44979.

How to find the GCF of 44960 and 44979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44960 and 44979. After we will calculate the factors of 44960 and 44979 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 44979

Prime factors of 44979 are 3, 11, 29, 47. Prime factorization of 44979 in exponential form is:

44979 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 29¹ × 47¹

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 44979

List of positive integer factors of 44979 that divides 44960 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 29, 33, 47, 87, 141, 319, 517, 957, 1363, 1551, 4089, 14993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44960 and 44979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44960 and 44979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44960 and 44979