What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43456 and 43474?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43456 and 43474 is 2.

GCF(43456,43474) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43456 and 43474, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43456 and 43474.

How to find the GCF of 43456 and 43474?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43456 and 43474. After we will calculate the factors of 43456 and 43474 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43456

Prime factors of 43456 are 2, 7, 97. Prime factorization of 43456 in exponential form is:

43456 = 2⁶ × 7¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43474

Prime factors of 43474 are 2, 21737. Prime factorization of 43474 in exponential form is:

43474 = 2¹ × 21737¹

Step-3: Factors of 43456

List of positive integer factors of 43456 that divides 43456 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 64, 97, 112, 194, 224, 388, 448, 679, 776, 1358, 1552, 2716, 3104, 5432, 6208, 10864, 21728

Step-4: Factors of 43474

List of positive integer factors of 43474 that divides 43456 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21737

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43456 and 43474. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43456 and 43474 is 2.

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