What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43131 and 43140?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43131 and 43140 is 3.

GCF(43131,43140) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43131 and 43140, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43131 and 43140.

How to find the GCF of 43131 and 43140?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43131 and 43140. After we will calculate the factors of 43131 and 43140 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43131

Prime factors of 43131 are 3, 11, 1307. Prime factorization of 43131 in exponential form is:

43131 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43140

Prime factors of 43140 are 2, 3, 5, 719. Prime factorization of 43140 in exponential form is:

43140 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 719¹

Step-3: Factors of 43131

List of positive integer factors of 43131 that divides 43131 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1307, 3921, 14377

Step-4: Factors of 43140

List of positive integer factors of 43140 that divides 43131 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 719, 1438, 2157, 2876, 3595, 4314, 7190, 8628, 10785, 14380, 21570

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43131 and 43140. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43131 and 43140 is 3.

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