What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43756 and 43762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43756 and 43762 is 2.

GCF(43756,43762) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43756 and 43762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43756 and 43762.

How to find the GCF of 43756 and 43762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43756 and 43762. After we will calculate the factors of 43756 and 43762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43756

Prime factors of 43756 are 2, 10939. Prime factorization of 43756 in exponential form is:

43756 = 2² × 10939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43762

Prime factors of 43762 are 2, 21881. Prime factorization of 43762 in exponential form is:

43762 = 2¹ × 21881¹

Step-3: Factors of 43756

List of positive integer factors of 43756 that divides 43756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10939, 21878

Step-4: Factors of 43762

List of positive integer factors of 43762 that divides 43756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21881

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43756 and 43762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43756 and 43762 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43756 and 43762