What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43666 and 43672?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43666 and 43672 is 2.

GCF(43666,43672) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43666 and 43672, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43666 and 43672.

How to find the GCF of 43666 and 43672?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43666 and 43672. After we will calculate the factors of 43666 and 43672 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43666

Prime factors of 43666 are 2, 7, 3119. Prime factorization of 43666 in exponential form is:

43666 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3119¹

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 43666

List of positive integer factors of 43666 that divides 43666 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3119, 6238, 21833

Step-4: Factors of 43672

List of positive integer factors of 43672 that divides 43666 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 43666 and 43672. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43666 and 43672 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43666 and 43672