What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44343 and 44361?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44343 and 44361 is 9.

GCF(44343,44361) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44343 and 44361, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44343 and 44361.

How to find the GCF of 44343 and 44361?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44343 and 44361. After we will calculate the factors of 44343 and 44361 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44343

Prime factors of 44343 are 3, 13, 379. Prime factorization of 44343 in exponential form is:

44343 = 3² × 13¹ × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44361

Prime factors of 44361 are 3, 31, 53. Prime factorization of 44361 in exponential form is:

44361 = 3³ × 31¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 44343

List of positive integer factors of 44343 that divides 44343 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 379, 1137, 3411, 4927, 14781

Step-4: Factors of 44361

List of positive integer factors of 44361 that divides 44343 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 31, 53, 93, 159, 279, 477, 837, 1431, 1643, 4929, 14787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44343 and 44361. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44343 and 44361 is 9.

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