What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23532 and 23538?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23532 and 23538 is 6.

GCF(23532,23538) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23532 and 23538, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23532 and 23538.

How to find the GCF of 23532 and 23538?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23532 and 23538. After we will calculate the factors of 23532 and 23538 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 23538

Prime factors of 23538 are 2, 3, 3923. Prime factorization of 23538 in exponential form is:

23538 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 3923¹

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 23538

List of positive integer factors of 23538 that divides 23532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 3923, 7846, 11769

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23532 and 23538. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23532 and 23538 is 6.

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