What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43922 and 43942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43922 and 43942 is 2.

GCF(43922,43942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43922 and 43942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43922 and 43942.

How to find the GCF of 43922 and 43942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43922 and 43942. After we will calculate the factors of 43922 and 43942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43922

Prime factors of 43922 are 2, 21961. Prime factorization of 43922 in exponential form is:

43922 = 2¹ × 21961¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43942

Prime factors of 43942 are 2, 127, 173. Prime factorization of 43942 in exponential form is:

43942 = 2¹ × 127¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 43922

List of positive integer factors of 43922 that divides 43922 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21961

Step-4: Factors of 43942

List of positive integer factors of 43942 that divides 43922 without a remainder.

1, 2, 127, 173, 254, 346, 21971

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43922 and 43942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43922 and 43942 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43922 and 43942