What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43602 and 43608?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43602 and 43608 is 6.

GCF(43602,43608) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43602 and 43608, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43602 and 43608.

How to find the GCF of 43602 and 43608?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43602 and 43608. After we will calculate the factors of 43602 and 43608 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43602

Prime factors of 43602 are 2, 3, 13, 43. Prime factorization of 43602 in exponential form is:

43602 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13² × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43608

Prime factors of 43608 are 2, 3, 23, 79. Prime factorization of 43608 in exponential form is:

43608 = 2³ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 43602

List of positive integer factors of 43602 that divides 43602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 43, 78, 86, 129, 169, 258, 338, 507, 559, 1014, 1118, 1677, 3354, 7267, 14534, 21801

Step-4: Factors of 43608

List of positive integer factors of 43608 that divides 43602 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 23, 24, 46, 69, 79, 92, 138, 158, 184, 237, 276, 316, 474, 552, 632, 948, 1817, 1896, 3634, 5451, 7268, 10902, 14536, 21804

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43602 and 43608. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43602 and 43608 is 6.

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