What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23566 and 23578?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23566 and 23578 is 2.

GCF(23566,23578) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23566 and 23578, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23566 and 23578.

How to find the GCF of 23566 and 23578?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23566 and 23578. After we will calculate the factors of 23566 and 23578 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23566

Prime factors of 23566 are 2, 11783. Prime factorization of 23566 in exponential form is:

23566 = 2¹ × 11783¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23578

Prime factors of 23578 are 2, 11789. Prime factorization of 23578 in exponential form is:

23578 = 2¹ × 11789¹

Step-3: Factors of 23566

List of positive integer factors of 23566 that divides 23566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11783

Step-4: Factors of 23578

List of positive integer factors of 23578 that divides 23566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11789

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23566 and 23578. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23566 and 23578 is 2.

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