What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43059 and 43071?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43059 and 43071 is 3.

GCF(43059,43071) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43059 and 43071, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43059 and 43071.

How to find the GCF of 43059 and 43071?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43059 and 43071. After we will calculate the factors of 43059 and 43071 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43059

Prime factors of 43059 are 3, 31, 463. Prime factorization of 43059 in exponential form is:

43059 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 463¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43071

Prime factors of 43071 are 3, 7, 293. Prime factorization of 43071 in exponential form is:

43071 = 3¹ × 7² × 293¹

Step-3: Factors of 43059

List of positive integer factors of 43059 that divides 43059 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 463, 1389, 14353

Step-4: Factors of 43071

List of positive integer factors of 43071 that divides 43059 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 49, 147, 293, 879, 2051, 6153, 14357

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43059 and 43071. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43059 and 43071 is 3.

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