What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43150 and 43158?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43150 and 43158 is 2.

GCF(43150,43158) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43150 and 43158, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43150 and 43158.

How to find the GCF of 43150 and 43158?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43150 and 43158. After we will calculate the factors of 43150 and 43158 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43150

Prime factors of 43150 are 2, 5, 863. Prime factorization of 43150 in exponential form is:

43150 = 2¹ × 5² × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43158

Prime factors of 43158 are 2, 3, 7193. Prime factorization of 43158 in exponential form is:

43158 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7193¹

Step-3: Factors of 43150

List of positive integer factors of 43150 that divides 43150 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 863, 1726, 4315, 8630, 21575

Step-4: Factors of 43158

List of positive integer factors of 43158 that divides 43150 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7193, 14386, 21579

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43150 and 43158. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43150 and 43158 is 2.

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