What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43944 and 43961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43944 and 43961 is 1.

GCF(43944,43961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43944 and 43961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43944 and 43961.

How to find the GCF of 43944 and 43961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43944 and 43961. After we will calculate the factors of 43944 and 43961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43944

Prime factors of 43944 are 2, 3, 1831. Prime factorization of 43944 in exponential form is:

43944 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1831¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43961

Prime factors of 43961 are 43961. Prime factorization of 43961 in exponential form is:

43961 = 43961¹

Step-3: Factors of 43944

List of positive integer factors of 43944 that divides 43944 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1831, 3662, 5493, 7324, 10986, 14648, 21972

Step-4: Factors of 43961

List of positive integer factors of 43961 that divides 43944 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43944 and 43961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43944 and 43961 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43944 and 43961