What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43464 and 43478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43464 and 43478 is 2.

GCF(43464,43478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43464 and 43478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43464 and 43478.

How to find the GCF of 43464 and 43478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43464 and 43478. After we will calculate the factors of 43464 and 43478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43464

Prime factors of 43464 are 2, 3, 1811. Prime factorization of 43464 in exponential form is:

43464 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1811¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43478

Prime factors of 43478 are 2, 21739. Prime factorization of 43478 in exponential form is:

43478 = 2¹ × 21739¹

Step-3: Factors of 43464

List of positive integer factors of 43464 that divides 43464 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1811, 3622, 5433, 7244, 10866, 14488, 21732

Step-4: Factors of 43478

List of positive integer factors of 43478 that divides 43464 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43464 and 43478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43464 and 43478 is 2.

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