What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23968 and 23981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23968 and 23981 is 1.

GCF(23968,23981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23968 and 23981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23968 and 23981.

How to find the GCF of 23968 and 23981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23968 and 23981. After we will calculate the factors of 23968 and 23981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23968

Prime factors of 23968 are 2, 7, 107. Prime factorization of 23968 in exponential form is:

23968 = 2⁵ × 7¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23981

Prime factors of 23981 are 23981. Prime factorization of 23981 in exponential form is:

23981 = 23981¹

Step-3: Factors of 23968

List of positive integer factors of 23968 that divides 23968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 107, 112, 214, 224, 428, 749, 856, 1498, 1712, 2996, 3424, 5992, 11984

Step-4: Factors of 23981

List of positive integer factors of 23981 that divides 23968 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23968 and 23981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23968 and 23981 is 1.

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