What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43288 and 43298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43288 and 43298 is 2.

GCF(43288,43298) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43288 and 43298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43288 and 43298.

How to find the GCF of 43288 and 43298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43288 and 43298. After we will calculate the factors of 43288 and 43298 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43288

Prime factors of 43288 are 2, 7, 773. Prime factorization of 43288 in exponential form is:

43288 = 2³ × 7¹ × 773¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43298

Prime factors of 43298 are 2, 21649. Prime factorization of 43298 in exponential form is:

43298 = 2¹ × 21649¹

Step-3: Factors of 43288

List of positive integer factors of 43288 that divides 43288 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 773, 1546, 3092, 5411, 6184, 10822, 21644

Step-4: Factors of 43298

List of positive integer factors of 43298 that divides 43288 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21649

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43288 and 43298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43288 and 43298 is 2.

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