What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43002 and 43006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43002 and 43006 is 2.

GCF(43002,43006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43002 and 43006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43002 and 43006.

How to find the GCF of 43002 and 43006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43002 and 43006. After we will calculate the factors of 43002 and 43006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43002

Prime factors of 43002 are 2, 3, 2389. Prime factorization of 43002 in exponential form is:

43002 = 2¹ × 3² × 2389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43006

Prime factors of 43006 are 2, 21503. Prime factorization of 43006 in exponential form is:

43006 = 2¹ × 21503¹

Step-3: Factors of 43002

List of positive integer factors of 43002 that divides 43002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2389, 4778, 7167, 14334, 21501

Step-4: Factors of 43006

List of positive integer factors of 43006 that divides 43002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21503

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43002 and 43006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43002 and 43006 is 2.

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