What is the Greatest Common Factor of 43972 and 43987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 43972 and 43987 is 1.

GCF(43972,43987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 43972 and 43987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 43972 and 43987.

How to find the GCF of 43972 and 43987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 43972 and 43987. After we will calculate the factors of 43972 and 43987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 43972

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

43972 = 2² × 10993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43987

Prime factors of 43987 are 43987. Prime factorization of 43987 in exponential form is:

43987 = 43987¹

Step-3: Factors of 43972

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

1, 2, 4, 10993, 21986

Step-4: Factors of 43987

List of positive integer factors of 43987 that divides 43972 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 43972 and 43987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 43972 and 43987 is 1.

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