What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43550 and 43558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43550 and 43558 is 2.

GCF(43550,43558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43550 and 43558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43550 and 43558.

How to find the GCF of 43550 and 43558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43550 and 43558. After we will calculate the factors of 43550 and 43558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43550

Prime factors of 43550 are 2, 5, 13, 67. Prime factorization of 43550 in exponential form is:

43550 = 2¹ × 5² × 13¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43558

Prime factors of 43558 are 2, 29, 751. Prime factorization of 43558 in exponential form is:

43558 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 751¹

Step-3: Factors of 43550

List of positive integer factors of 43550 that divides 43550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 25, 26, 50, 65, 67, 130, 134, 325, 335, 650, 670, 871, 1675, 1742, 3350, 4355, 8710, 21775

Step-4: Factors of 43558

List of positive integer factors of 43558 that divides 43550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 751, 1502, 21779

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43550 and 43558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43550 and 43558 is 2.

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