What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43662 and 43672?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43662 and 43672 is 2.

GCF(43662,43672) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43662 and 43672, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43662 and 43672.

How to find the GCF of 43662 and 43672?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43662 and 43672. After we will calculate the factors of 43662 and 43672 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43662

Prime factors of 43662 are 2, 3, 19, 383. Prime factorization of 43662 in exponential form is:

43662 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43672

Prime factors of 43672 are 2, 53, 103. Prime factorization of 43672 in exponential form is:

43672 = 2³ × 53¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 43662

List of positive integer factors of 43662 that divides 43662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 383, 766, 1149, 2298, 7277, 14554, 21831

Step-4: Factors of 43672

List of positive integer factors of 43672 that divides 43662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 53, 103, 106, 206, 212, 412, 424, 824, 5459, 10918, 21836

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43662 and 43672. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43662 and 43672 is 2.

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