What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43248 and 43262?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43248 and 43262 is 2.

GCF(43248,43262) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43248 and 43262, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43248 and 43262.

How to find the GCF of 43248 and 43262?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43248 and 43262. After we will calculate the factors of 43248 and 43262 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43248

Prime factors of 43248 are 2, 3, 17, 53. Prime factorization of 43248 in exponential form is:

43248 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43262

Prime factors of 43262 are 2, 97, 223. Prime factorization of 43262 in exponential form is:

43262 = 2¹ × 97¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 43248

List of positive integer factors of 43248 that divides 43248 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 17, 24, 34, 48, 51, 53, 68, 102, 106, 136, 159, 204, 212, 272, 318, 408, 424, 636, 816, 848, 901, 1272, 1802, 2544, 2703, 3604, 5406, 7208, 10812, 14416, 21624

Step-4: Factors of 43262

List of positive integer factors of 43262 that divides 43248 without a remainder.

1, 2, 97, 194, 223, 446, 21631

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43248 and 43262. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43248 and 43262 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43248 and 43262