What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43272 and 43292?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43272 and 43292 is 4.

GCF(43272,43292) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43272 and 43292, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43272 and 43292.

How to find the GCF of 43272 and 43292?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43272 and 43292. After we will calculate the factors of 43272 and 43292 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43272

Prime factors of 43272 are 2, 3, 601. Prime factorization of 43272 in exponential form is:

43272 = 2³ × 3² × 601¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43292

Prime factors of 43292 are 2, 79, 137. Prime factorization of 43292 in exponential form is:

43292 = 2² × 79¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 43272

List of positive integer factors of 43272 that divides 43272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 601, 1202, 1803, 2404, 3606, 4808, 5409, 7212, 10818, 14424, 21636

Step-4: Factors of 43292

List of positive integer factors of 43292 that divides 43272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 79, 137, 158, 274, 316, 548, 10823, 21646

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43272 and 43292. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43272 and 43292 is 4.

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