What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23572 and 23576?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23572 and 23576 is 4.

GCF(23572,23576) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23572 and 23576, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23572 and 23576.

How to find the GCF of 23572 and 23576?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23572 and 23576. After we will calculate the factors of 23572 and 23576 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23572

Prime factors of 23572 are 2, 71, 83. Prime factorization of 23572 in exponential form is:

23572 = 2² × 71¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23576

Prime factors of 23576 are 2, 7, 421. Prime factorization of 23576 in exponential form is:

23576 = 2³ × 7¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 23572

List of positive integer factors of 23572 that divides 23572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 71, 83, 142, 166, 284, 332, 5893, 11786

Step-4: Factors of 23576

List of positive integer factors of 23576 that divides 23572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 421, 842, 1684, 2947, 3368, 5894, 11788

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23572 and 23576. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23572 and 23576 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 23572 and 23576