What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23548 and 23552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23548 and 23552 is 4.

GCF(23548,23552) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23548 and 23552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23548 and 23552.

How to find the GCF of 23548 and 23552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23548 and 23552. After we will calculate the factors of 23548 and 23552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23548

Prime factors of 23548 are 2, 7, 29. Prime factorization of 23548 in exponential form is:

23548 = 2² × 7¹ × 29²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23552

Prime factors of 23552 are 2, 23. Prime factorization of 23552 in exponential form is:

23552 = 2¹⁰ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 23548

List of positive integer factors of 23548 that divides 23548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 29, 58, 116, 203, 406, 812, 841, 1682, 3364, 5887, 11774

Step-4: Factors of 23552

List of positive integer factors of 23552 that divides 23548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 32, 46, 64, 92, 128, 184, 256, 368, 512, 736, 1024, 1472, 2944, 5888, 11776

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23548 and 23552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23548 and 23552 is 4.

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