What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44976 and 44988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44976 and 44988 is 12.

GCF(44976,44988) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44976 and 44988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44976 and 44988.

How to find the GCF of 44976 and 44988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44976 and 44988. After we will calculate the factors of 44976 and 44988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44976

Prime factors of 44976 are 2, 3, 937. Prime factorization of 44976 in exponential form is:

44976 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 937¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44988

Prime factors of 44988 are 2, 3, 23, 163. Prime factorization of 44988 in exponential form is:

44988 = 2² × 3¹ × 23¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 44976

List of positive integer factors of 44976 that divides 44976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 937, 1874, 2811, 3748, 5622, 7496, 11244, 14992, 22488

Step-4: Factors of 44988

List of positive integer factors of 44988 that divides 44976 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 23, 46, 69, 92, 138, 163, 276, 326, 489, 652, 978, 1956, 3749, 7498, 11247, 14996, 22494

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44976 and 44988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44976 and 44988 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44976 and 44988