What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43866 and 43884?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43866 and 43884 is 18.

GCF(43866,43884) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43866 and 43884, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43866 and 43884.

How to find the GCF of 43866 and 43884?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43866 and 43884. After we will calculate the factors of 43866 and 43884 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43866

Prime factors of 43866 are 2, 3, 2437. Prime factorization of 43866 in exponential form is:

43866 = 2¹ × 3² × 2437¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43884

Prime factors of 43884 are 2, 3, 23, 53. Prime factorization of 43884 in exponential form is:

43884 = 2² × 3² × 23¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 43866

List of positive integer factors of 43866 that divides 43866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2437, 4874, 7311, 14622, 21933

Step-4: Factors of 43884

List of positive integer factors of 43884 that divides 43866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 23, 36, 46, 53, 69, 92, 106, 138, 159, 207, 212, 276, 318, 414, 477, 636, 828, 954, 1219, 1908, 2438, 3657, 4876, 7314, 10971, 14628, 21942

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43866 and 43884. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43866 and 43884 is 18.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43866 and 43884