What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43270 and 43284?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43270 and 43284 is 2.

GCF(43270,43284) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43270 and 43284, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43270 and 43284.

How to find the GCF of 43270 and 43284?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43270 and 43284. After we will calculate the factors of 43270 and 43284 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43270

Prime factors of 43270 are 2, 5, 4327. Prime factorization of 43270 in exponential form is:

43270 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4327¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43284

Prime factors of 43284 are 2, 3, 3607. Prime factorization of 43284 in exponential form is:

43284 = 2² × 3¹ × 3607¹

Step-3: Factors of 43270

List of positive integer factors of 43270 that divides 43270 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4327, 8654, 21635

Step-4: Factors of 43284

List of positive integer factors of 43284 that divides 43270 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3607, 7214, 10821, 14428, 21642

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43270 and 43284. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43270 and 43284 is 2.

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