What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23138 and 23152?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23138 and 23152 is 2.

GCF(23138,23152) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23138 and 23152, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23138 and 23152.

How to find the GCF of 23138 and 23152?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23138 and 23152. After we will calculate the factors of 23138 and 23152 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23138

Prime factors of 23138 are 2, 23, 503. Prime factorization of 23138 in exponential form is:

23138 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23152

Prime factors of 23152 are 2, 1447. Prime factorization of 23152 in exponential form is:

23152 = 2⁴ × 1447¹

Step-3: Factors of 23138

List of positive integer factors of 23138 that divides 23138 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 503, 1006, 11569

Step-4: Factors of 23152

List of positive integer factors of 23152 that divides 23138 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1447, 2894, 5788, 11576

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23138 and 23152. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23138 and 23152 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 23138 and 23152