What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43246 and 43266?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43246 and 43266 is 2.

GCF(43246,43266) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43246 and 43266, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43246 and 43266.

How to find the GCF of 43246 and 43266?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43246 and 43266. After we will calculate the factors of 43246 and 43266 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43246

Prime factors of 43246 are 2, 7, 3089. Prime factorization of 43246 in exponential form is:

43246 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3089¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43266

Prime factors of 43266 are 2, 3, 7211. Prime factorization of 43266 in exponential form is:

43266 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7211¹

Step-3: Factors of 43246

List of positive integer factors of 43246 that divides 43246 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3089, 6178, 21623

Step-4: Factors of 43266

List of positive integer factors of 43266 that divides 43246 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7211, 14422, 21633

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43246 and 43266. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43246 and 43266 is 2.

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