What is the Greatest Common Factor of 437 and 448?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 437 and 448 is 1.

GCF(437,448) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 437 and 448, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 437 and 448.

How to find the GCF of 437 and 448?

We will first find the prime factorization of 437 and 448. After we will calculate the factors of 437 and 448 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 437

Prime factors of 437 are 19, 23. Prime factorization of 437 in exponential form is:

437 = 19¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 448

Prime factors of 448 are 2, 7. Prime factorization of 448 in exponential form is:

448 = 2⁶ × 7¹

Step-3: Factors of 437

List of positive integer factors of 437 that divides 437 without a remainder.

1, 19, 23

Step-4: Factors of 448

List of positive integer factors of 448 that divides 437 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 64, 112, 224

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 437 and 448. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 437 and 448 is 1.

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