What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43734 and 43743?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43734 and 43743 is 3.

GCF(43734,43743) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43734 and 43743, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43734 and 43743.

How to find the GCF of 43734 and 43743?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43734 and 43743. After we will calculate the factors of 43734 and 43743 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43734

Prime factors of 43734 are 2, 3, 37, 197. Prime factorization of 43734 in exponential form is:

43734 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 37¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43743

Prime factors of 43743 are 3, 7, 2083. Prime factorization of 43743 in exponential form is:

43743 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2083¹

Step-3: Factors of 43734

List of positive integer factors of 43734 that divides 43734 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 37, 74, 111, 197, 222, 394, 591, 1182, 7289, 14578, 21867

Step-4: Factors of 43743

List of positive integer factors of 43743 that divides 43734 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2083, 6249, 14581

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43734 and 43743. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43734 and 43743 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43734 and 43743