What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43162 and 43178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43162 and 43178 is 2.

GCF(43162,43178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43162 and 43178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43162 and 43178.

How to find the GCF of 43162 and 43178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43162 and 43178. After we will calculate the factors of 43162 and 43178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43162

Prime factors of 43162 are 2, 7, 3083. Prime factorization of 43162 in exponential form is:

43162 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3083¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43178

Prime factors of 43178 are 2, 21589. Prime factorization of 43178 in exponential form is:

43178 = 2¹ × 21589¹

Step-3: Factors of 43162

List of positive integer factors of 43162 that divides 43162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3083, 6166, 21581

Step-4: Factors of 43178

List of positive integer factors of 43178 that divides 43162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43162 and 43178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43162 and 43178 is 2.

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