What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43269 and 43281?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43269 and 43281 is 3.

GCF(43269,43281) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43269 and 43281, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43269 and 43281.

How to find the GCF of 43269 and 43281?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43269 and 43281. After we will calculate the factors of 43269 and 43281 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43269

Prime factors of 43269 are 3, 14423. Prime factorization of 43269 in exponential form is:

43269 = 3¹ × 14423¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43281

Prime factors of 43281 are 3, 7, 229. Prime factorization of 43281 in exponential form is:

43281 = 3³ × 7¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 43269

List of positive integer factors of 43269 that divides 43269 without a remainder.

1, 3, 14423

Step-4: Factors of 43281

List of positive integer factors of 43281 that divides 43269 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 63, 189, 229, 687, 1603, 2061, 4809, 6183, 14427

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43269 and 43281. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43269 and 43281 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43269 and 43281