What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43967 and 43972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43967 and 43972 is 1.

GCF(43967,43972) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43967 and 43972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43967 and 43972.

How to find the GCF of 43967 and 43972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43967 and 43972. After we will calculate the factors of 43967 and 43972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43967

Prime factors of 43967 are 7, 11, 571. Prime factorization of 43967 in exponential form is:

43967 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43972

Prime factors of 43972 are 2, 10993. Prime factorization of 43972 in exponential form is:

43972 = 2² × 10993¹

Step-3: Factors of 43967

List of positive integer factors of 43967 that divides 43967 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 571, 3997, 6281

Step-4: Factors of 43972

List of positive integer factors of 43972 that divides 43967 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10993, 21986

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43967 and 43972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43967 and 43972 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 43967 and 43972