What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43948 and 43954?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43948 and 43954 is 2.

GCF(43948,43954) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43948 and 43954, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43948 and 43954.

How to find the GCF of 43948 and 43954?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43948 and 43954. After we will calculate the factors of 43948 and 43954 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43948

Prime factors of 43948 are 2, 10987. Prime factorization of 43948 in exponential form is:

43948 = 2² × 10987¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43954

Prime factors of 43954 are 2, 21977. Prime factorization of 43954 in exponential form is:

43954 = 2¹ × 21977¹

Step-3: Factors of 43948

List of positive integer factors of 43948 that divides 43948 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10987, 21974

Step-4: Factors of 43954

List of positive integer factors of 43954 that divides 43948 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43948 and 43954. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43948 and 43954 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43948 and 43954