What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43942 and 43956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43942 and 43956 is 2.

GCF(43942,43956) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43942 and 43956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43942 and 43956.

How to find the GCF of 43942 and 43956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43942 and 43956. After we will calculate the factors of 43942 and 43956 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 43956

Prime factors of 43956 are 2, 3, 11, 37. Prime factorization of 43956 in exponential form is:

43956 = 2² × 3³ × 11¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 43942

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 43956

List of positive integer factors of 43956 that divides 43942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 33, 36, 37, 44, 54, 66, 74, 99, 108, 111, 132, 148, 198, 222, 297, 333, 396, 407, 444, 594, 666, 814, 999, 1188, 1221, 1332, 1628, 1998, 2442, 3663, 3996, 4884, 7326, 10989, 14652, 21978

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43942 and 43956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43942 and 43956 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43942 and 43956