What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43796 and 43802?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43796 and 43802 is 2.

GCF(43796,43802) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43796 and 43802, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43796 and 43802.

How to find the GCF of 43796 and 43802?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43796 and 43802. After we will calculate the factors of 43796 and 43802 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43796

Prime factors of 43796 are 2, 10949. Prime factorization of 43796 in exponential form is:

43796 = 2² × 10949¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43802

Prime factors of 43802 are 2, 11, 181. Prime factorization of 43802 in exponential form is:

43802 = 2¹ × 11² × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 43796

List of positive integer factors of 43796 that divides 43796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10949, 21898

Step-4: Factors of 43802

List of positive integer factors of 43802 that divides 43796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 121, 181, 242, 362, 1991, 3982, 21901

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43796 and 43802. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43796 and 43802 is 2.

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