What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43146 and 43161?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43146 and 43161 is 3.

GCF(43146,43161) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43146 and 43161, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43146 and 43161.

How to find the GCF of 43146 and 43161?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43146 and 43161. After we will calculate the factors of 43146 and 43161 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43146

Prime factors of 43146 are 2, 3, 17, 47. Prime factorization of 43146 in exponential form is:

43146 = 2¹ × 3³ × 17¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43161

Prime factors of 43161 are 3, 14387. Prime factorization of 43161 in exponential form is:

43161 = 3¹ × 14387¹

Step-3: Factors of 43146

List of positive integer factors of 43146 that divides 43146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 17, 18, 27, 34, 47, 51, 54, 94, 102, 141, 153, 282, 306, 423, 459, 799, 846, 918, 1269, 1598, 2397, 2538, 4794, 7191, 14382, 21573

Step-4: Factors of 43161

List of positive integer factors of 43161 that divides 43146 without a remainder.

1, 3, 14387

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43146 and 43161. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43146 and 43161 is 3.

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