What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43242 and 43258?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43242 and 43258 is 2.

GCF(43242,43258) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43242 and 43258, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43242 and 43258.

How to find the GCF of 43242 and 43258?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43242 and 43258. After we will calculate the factors of 43242 and 43258 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 43258

Prime factors of 43258 are 2, 43, 503. Prime factorization of 43258 in exponential form is:

43258 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 43242

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 43258

List of positive integer factors of 43258 that divides 43242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 503, 1006, 21629

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43242 and 43258. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43242 and 43258 is 2.

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