What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23596 and 23608?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23596 and 23608 is 4.

GCF(23596,23608) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23596 and 23608, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23596 and 23608.

How to find the GCF of 23596 and 23608?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23596 and 23608. After we will calculate the factors of 23596 and 23608 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23596

Prime factors of 23596 are 2, 17, 347. Prime factorization of 23596 in exponential form is:

23596 = 2² × 17¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23608

Prime factors of 23608 are 2, 13, 227. Prime factorization of 23608 in exponential form is:

23608 = 2³ × 13¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 23596

List of positive integer factors of 23596 that divides 23596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 347, 694, 1388, 5899, 11798

Step-4: Factors of 23608

List of positive integer factors of 23608 that divides 23596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 227, 454, 908, 1816, 2951, 5902, 11804

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23596 and 23608. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23596 and 23608 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 23596 and 23608