What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23844 and 23863?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23844 and 23863 is 1.

GCF(23844,23863) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23844 and 23863, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23844 and 23863.

How to find the GCF of 23844 and 23863?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23844 and 23863. After we will calculate the factors of 23844 and 23863 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23844

Prime factors of 23844 are 2, 3, 1987. Prime factorization of 23844 in exponential form is:

23844 = 2² × 3¹ × 1987¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23863

Prime factors of 23863 are 7, 487. Prime factorization of 23863 in exponential form is:

23863 = 7² × 487¹

Step-3: Factors of 23844

List of positive integer factors of 23844 that divides 23844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 1987, 3974, 5961, 7948, 11922

Step-4: Factors of 23863

List of positive integer factors of 23863 that divides 23844 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 487, 3409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23844 and 23863. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23844 and 23863 is 1.

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