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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43233 and 43242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43233 and 43242 is 3.

GCF(43233,43242) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43233 and 43242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43233 and 43242.

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How to find the GCF of 43233 and 43242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43233 and 43242. After we will calculate the factors of 43233 and 43242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43233

Prime factors of 43233 are 3, 14411. Prime factorization of 43233 in exponential form is:

43233 = 31 × 144111

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43242

Prime factors of 43242 are 2, 3, 7207. Prime factorization of 43242 in exponential form is:

43242 = 21 × 31 × 72071

Step-3: Factors of 43233

List of positive integer factors of 43233 that divides 43233 without a remainder.

1, 3, 14411

Step-4: Factors of 43242

List of positive integer factors of 43242 that divides 43233 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7207, 14414, 21621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43233 and 43242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43233 and 43242 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43233 and 43242