What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43850 and 43868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43850 and 43868 is 2.

GCF(43850,43868) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43850 and 43868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43850 and 43868.

How to find the GCF of 43850 and 43868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43850 and 43868. After we will calculate the factors of 43850 and 43868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43850

Prime factors of 43850 are 2, 5, 877. Prime factorization of 43850 in exponential form is:

43850 = 2¹ × 5² × 877¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43868

Prime factors of 43868 are 2, 11, 997. Prime factorization of 43868 in exponential form is:

43868 = 2² × 11¹ × 997¹

Step-3: Factors of 43850

List of positive integer factors of 43850 that divides 43850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 877, 1754, 4385, 8770, 21925

Step-4: Factors of 43868

List of positive integer factors of 43868 that divides 43850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 997, 1994, 3988, 10967, 21934

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43850 and 43868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43850 and 43868 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43850 and 43868