What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43258 and 43278?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43258 and 43278 is 2.

GCF(43258,43278) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43258 and 43278, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43258 and 43278.

How to find the GCF of 43258 and 43278?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43258 and 43278. After we will calculate the factors of 43258 and 43278 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 43278

Prime factors of 43278 are 2, 3, 7213. Prime factorization of 43278 in exponential form is:

43278 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7213¹

Step-3: Factors of 43258

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 43278

List of positive integer factors of 43278 that divides 43258 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7213, 14426, 21639

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43258 and 43278. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43258 and 43278 is 2.

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