What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43212 and 43231?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43212 and 43231 is 1.

GCF(43212,43231) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43212 and 43231, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43212 and 43231.

How to find the GCF of 43212 and 43231?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43212 and 43231. After we will calculate the factors of 43212 and 43231 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43212

Prime factors of 43212 are 2, 3, 13, 277. Prime factorization of 43212 in exponential form is:

43212 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43231

Prime factors of 43231 are 17, 2543. Prime factorization of 43231 in exponential form is:

43231 = 17¹ × 2543¹

Step-3: Factors of 43212

List of positive integer factors of 43212 that divides 43212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 277, 554, 831, 1108, 1662, 3324, 3601, 7202, 10803, 14404, 21606

Step-4: Factors of 43231

List of positive integer factors of 43231 that divides 43212 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2543

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43212 and 43231. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43212 and 43231 is 1.

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