What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23616 and 23631?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23616 and 23631 is 3.

GCF(23616,23631) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23616 and 23631, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23616 and 23631.

How to find the GCF of 23616 and 23631?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23616 and 23631. After we will calculate the factors of 23616 and 23631 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23616

Prime factors of 23616 are 2, 3, 41. Prime factorization of 23616 in exponential form is:

23616 = 2⁶ × 3² × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23631

Prime factors of 23631 are 3, 7877. Prime factorization of 23631 in exponential form is:

23631 = 3¹ × 7877¹

Step-3: Factors of 23616

List of positive integer factors of 23616 that divides 23616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 41, 48, 64, 72, 82, 96, 123, 144, 164, 192, 246, 288, 328, 369, 492, 576, 656, 738, 984, 1312, 1476, 1968, 2624, 2952, 3936, 5904, 7872, 11808

Step-4: Factors of 23631

List of positive integer factors of 23631 that divides 23616 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7877

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23616 and 23631. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23616 and 23631 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 23616 and 23631