What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43588 and 43592?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43588 and 43592 is 4.

GCF(43588,43592) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43588 and 43592, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43588 and 43592.

How to find the GCF of 43588 and 43592?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43588 and 43592. After we will calculate the factors of 43588 and 43592 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43588

Prime factors of 43588 are 2, 17, 641. Prime factorization of 43588 in exponential form is:

43588 = 2² × 17¹ × 641¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43592

Prime factors of 43592 are 2, 5449. Prime factorization of 43592 in exponential form is:

43592 = 2³ × 5449¹

Step-3: Factors of 43588

List of positive integer factors of 43588 that divides 43588 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 641, 1282, 2564, 10897, 21794

Step-4: Factors of 43592

List of positive integer factors of 43592 that divides 43588 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5449, 10898, 21796

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43588 and 43592. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43588 and 43592 is 4.

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