What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23866 and 23872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23866 and 23872 is 2.

GCF(23866,23872) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23866 and 23872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23866 and 23872.

How to find the GCF of 23866 and 23872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23866 and 23872. After we will calculate the factors of 23866 and 23872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23866

Prime factors of 23866 are 2, 11933. Prime factorization of 23866 in exponential form is:

23866 = 2¹ × 11933¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23872

Prime factors of 23872 are 2, 373. Prime factorization of 23872 in exponential form is:

23872 = 2⁶ × 373¹

Step-3: Factors of 23866

List of positive integer factors of 23866 that divides 23866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11933

Step-4: Factors of 23872

List of positive integer factors of 23872 that divides 23866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 373, 746, 1492, 2984, 5968, 11936

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23866 and 23872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23866 and 23872 is 2.

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