What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23908 and 23926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23908 and 23926 is 2.

GCF(23908,23926) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23908 and 23926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23908 and 23926.

How to find the GCF of 23908 and 23926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23908 and 23926. After we will calculate the factors of 23908 and 23926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23908

Prime factors of 23908 are 2, 43, 139. Prime factorization of 23908 in exponential form is:

23908 = 2² × 43¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23926

Prime factors of 23926 are 2, 7, 1709. Prime factorization of 23926 in exponential form is:

23926 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1709¹

Step-3: Factors of 23908

List of positive integer factors of 23908 that divides 23908 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 139, 172, 278, 556, 5977, 11954

Step-4: Factors of 23926

List of positive integer factors of 23926 that divides 23908 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1709, 3418, 11963

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23908 and 23926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23908 and 23926 is 2.

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