What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7232 and 7244?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7232 and 7244 is 4.

GCF(7232,7244) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7232 and 7244, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7232 and 7244.

How to find the GCF of 7232 and 7244?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7232 and 7244. After we will calculate the factors of 7232 and 7244 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7232

Prime factors of 7232 are 2, 113. Prime factorization of 7232 in exponential form is:

7232 = 2⁶ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7244

Prime factors of 7244 are 2, 1811. Prime factorization of 7244 in exponential form is:

7244 = 2² × 1811¹

Step-3: Factors of 7232

List of positive integer factors of 7232 that divides 7232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 113, 226, 452, 904, 1808, 3616

Step-4: Factors of 7244

List of positive integer factors of 7244 that divides 7232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1811, 3622

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7232 and 7244. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7232 and 7244 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 7232 and 7244