What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43742 and 43754?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43742 and 43754 is 2.

GCF(43742,43754) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43742 and 43754, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43742 and 43754.

How to find the GCF of 43742 and 43754?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43742 and 43754. After we will calculate the factors of 43742 and 43754 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43742

Prime factors of 43742 are 2, 21871. Prime factorization of 43742 in exponential form is:

43742 = 2¹ × 21871¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43754

Prime factors of 43754 are 2, 131, 167. Prime factorization of 43754 in exponential form is:

43754 = 2¹ × 131¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 43742

List of positive integer factors of 43742 that divides 43742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21871

Step-4: Factors of 43754

List of positive integer factors of 43754 that divides 43742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 131, 167, 262, 334, 21877

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43742 and 43754. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43742 and 43754 is 2.

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