What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23890 and 23896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23890 and 23896 is 2.

GCF(23890,23896) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23890 and 23896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23890 and 23896.

How to find the GCF of 23890 and 23896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23890 and 23896. After we will calculate the factors of 23890 and 23896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23890

Prime factors of 23890 are 2, 5, 2389. Prime factorization of 23890 in exponential form is:

23890 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 2389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23896

Prime factors of 23896 are 2, 29, 103. Prime factorization of 23896 in exponential form is:

23896 = 2³ × 29¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 23890

List of positive integer factors of 23890 that divides 23890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 2389, 4778, 11945

Step-4: Factors of 23896

List of positive integer factors of 23896 that divides 23890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 29, 58, 103, 116, 206, 232, 412, 824, 2987, 5974, 11948

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23890 and 23896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23890 and 23896 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 23890 and 23896