What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43242 and 43260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43242 and 43260 is 6.

GCF(43242,43260) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43242 and 43260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43242 and 43260.

How to find the GCF of 43242 and 43260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43242 and 43260. After we will calculate the factors of 43242 and 43260 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 43260

Prime factors of 43260 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 103. Prime factorization of 43260 in exponential form is:

43260 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 103¹

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 43260

List of positive integer factors of 43260 that divides 43242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21, 28, 30, 35, 42, 60, 70, 84, 103, 105, 140, 206, 210, 309, 412, 420, 515, 618, 721, 1030, 1236, 1442, 1545, 2060, 2163, 2884, 3090, 3605, 4326, 6180, 7210, 8652, 10815, 14420, 21630

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43242 and 43260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43242 and 43260 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43242 and 43260