What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43838 and 43858?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43838 and 43858 is 2.

GCF(43838,43858) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43838 and 43858, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43838 and 43858.

How to find the GCF of 43838 and 43858?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43838 and 43858. After we will calculate the factors of 43838 and 43858 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43838

Prime factors of 43838 are 2, 23, 953. Prime factorization of 43838 in exponential form is:

43838 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43858

Prime factors of 43858 are 2, 21929. Prime factorization of 43858 in exponential form is:

43858 = 2¹ × 21929¹

Step-3: Factors of 43838

List of positive integer factors of 43838 that divides 43838 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 953, 1906, 21919

Step-4: Factors of 43858

List of positive integer factors of 43858 that divides 43838 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43838 and 43858. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43838 and 43858 is 2.

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