What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43871 and 43878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43871 and 43878 is 1.

GCF(43871,43878) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43871 and 43878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43871 and 43878.

How to find the GCF of 43871 and 43878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43871 and 43878. After we will calculate the factors of 43871 and 43878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43871

Prime factors of 43871 are 19, 2309. Prime factorization of 43871 in exponential form is:

43871 = 19¹ × 2309¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43878

Prime factors of 43878 are 2, 3, 71, 103. Prime factorization of 43878 in exponential form is:

43878 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 71¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 43871

List of positive integer factors of 43871 that divides 43871 without a remainder.

1, 19, 2309

Step-4: Factors of 43878

List of positive integer factors of 43878 that divides 43871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 71, 103, 142, 206, 213, 309, 426, 618, 7313, 14626, 21939

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43871 and 43878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43871 and 43878 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43871 and 43878