What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43960 and 43970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43960 and 43970 is 10.

GCF(43960,43970) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43960 and 43970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43960 and 43970.

How to find the GCF of 43960 and 43970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43960 and 43970. After we will calculate the factors of 43960 and 43970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43960

Prime factors of 43960 are 2, 5, 7, 157. Prime factorization of 43960 in exponential form is:

43960 = 2³ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 157¹

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 43960

List of positive integer factors of 43960 that divides 43960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 40, 56, 70, 140, 157, 280, 314, 628, 785, 1099, 1256, 1570, 2198, 3140, 4396, 5495, 6280, 8792, 10990, 21980

Step-4: Factors of 43970

List of positive integer factors of 43970 that divides 43960 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43960 and 43970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43960 and 43970 is 10.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43960 and 43970