What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43880 and 43892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43880 and 43892 is 4.

GCF(43880,43892) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43880 and 43892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43880 and 43892.

How to find the GCF of 43880 and 43892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43880 and 43892. After we will calculate the factors of 43880 and 43892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43880

Prime factors of 43880 are 2, 5, 1097. Prime factorization of 43880 in exponential form is:

43880 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1097¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43892

Prime factors of 43892 are 2, 10973. Prime factorization of 43892 in exponential form is:

43892 = 2² × 10973¹

Step-3: Factors of 43880

List of positive integer factors of 43880 that divides 43880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1097, 2194, 4388, 5485, 8776, 10970, 21940

Step-4: Factors of 43892

List of positive integer factors of 43892 that divides 43880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10973, 21946

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43880 and 43892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43880 and 43892 is 4.

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