What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77226 and 77230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77226 and 77230 is 2.

GCF(77226,77230) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77226 and 77230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77226 and 77230.

How to find the GCF of 77226 and 77230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77226 and 77230. After we will calculate the factors of 77226 and 77230 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77226

Prime factors of 77226 are 2, 3, 61, 211. Prime factorization of 77226 in exponential form is:

77226 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 61¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77230

Prime factors of 77230 are 2, 5, 7723. Prime factorization of 77230 in exponential form is:

77230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7723¹

Step-3: Factors of 77226

List of positive integer factors of 77226 that divides 77226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 61, 122, 183, 211, 366, 422, 633, 1266, 12871, 25742, 38613

Step-4: Factors of 77230

List of positive integer factors of 77230 that divides 77226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7723, 15446, 38615

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77226 and 77230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77226 and 77230 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 77226 and 77230