What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43918 and 43938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43918 and 43938 is 2.

GCF(43918,43938) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43918 and 43938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43918 and 43938.

How to find the GCF of 43918 and 43938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43918 and 43938. After we will calculate the factors of 43918 and 43938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43918

Prime factors of 43918 are 2, 7, 3137. Prime factorization of 43918 in exponential form is:

43918 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43938

Prime factors of 43938 are 2, 3, 2441. Prime factorization of 43938 in exponential form is:

43938 = 2¹ × 3² × 2441¹

Step-3: Factors of 43918

List of positive integer factors of 43918 that divides 43918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3137, 6274, 21959

Step-4: Factors of 43938

List of positive integer factors of 43938 that divides 43918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2441, 4882, 7323, 14646, 21969

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43918 and 43938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43918 and 43938 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43918 and 43938