What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43956 and 43970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43956 and 43970 is 2.

GCF(43956,43970) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43956 and 43970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43956 and 43970.

How to find the GCF of 43956 and 43970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43956 and 43970. After we will calculate the factors of 43956 and 43970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 43970

Prime factors of 43970 are 2, 5, 4397. Prime factorization of 43970 in exponential form is:

43970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4397¹

Step-3: Factors of 43956

List of positive integer factors of 43956 that divides 43956 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

Step-4: Factors of 43970

List of positive integer factors of 43970 that divides 43956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4397, 8794, 21985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43956 and 43970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43956 and 43970 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43956 and 43970