What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23429 and 23443?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23429 and 23443 is 7.

GCF(23429,23443) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23429 and 23443, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23429 and 23443.

How to find the GCF of 23429 and 23443?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23429 and 23443. After we will calculate the factors of 23429 and 23443 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23429

Prime factors of 23429 are 7, 3347. Prime factorization of 23429 in exponential form is:

23429 = 7¹ × 3347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23443

Prime factors of 23443 are 7, 17, 197. Prime factorization of 23443 in exponential form is:

23443 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 23429

List of positive integer factors of 23429 that divides 23429 without a remainder.

1, 7, 3347

Step-4: Factors of 23443

List of positive integer factors of 23443 that divides 23429 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 197, 1379, 3349

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23429 and 23443. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23429 and 23443 is 7.

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