What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23532 and 23536?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23532 and 23536 is 4.

GCF(23532,23536) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23532 and 23536, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23532 and 23536.

How to find the GCF of 23532 and 23536?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23532 and 23536. After we will calculate the factors of 23532 and 23536 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23532

Prime factors of 23532 are 2, 3, 37, 53. Prime factorization of 23532 in exponential form is:

23532 = 2² × 3¹ × 37¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23536

Prime factors of 23536 are 2, 1471. Prime factorization of 23536 in exponential form is:

23536 = 2⁴ × 1471¹

Step-3: Factors of 23532

List of positive integer factors of 23532 that divides 23532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 37, 53, 74, 106, 111, 148, 159, 212, 222, 318, 444, 636, 1961, 3922, 5883, 7844, 11766

Step-4: Factors of 23536

List of positive integer factors of 23536 that divides 23532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1471, 2942, 5884, 11768

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23532 and 23536. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23532 and 23536 is 4.

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