What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43422 and 43430?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43422 and 43430 is 2.

GCF(43422,43430) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43422 and 43430, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43422 and 43430.

How to find the GCF of 43422 and 43430?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43422 and 43430. After we will calculate the factors of 43422 and 43430 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43422

Prime factors of 43422 are 2, 3, 7237. Prime factorization of 43422 in exponential form is:

43422 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7237¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43430

Prime factors of 43430 are 2, 5, 43, 101. Prime factorization of 43430 in exponential form is:

43430 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 43¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 43422

List of positive integer factors of 43422 that divides 43422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7237, 14474, 21711

Step-4: Factors of 43430

List of positive integer factors of 43430 that divides 43422 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 43, 86, 101, 202, 215, 430, 505, 1010, 4343, 8686, 21715

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43422 and 43430. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43422 and 43430 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43422 and 43430