What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84432 and 84438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84432 and 84438 is 6.

GCF(84432,84438) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84432 and 84438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84432 and 84438.

How to find the GCF of 84432 and 84438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84432 and 84438. After we will calculate the factors of 84432 and 84438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84432

Prime factors of 84432 are 2, 3, 1759. Prime factorization of 84432 in exponential form is:

84432 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 1759¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84438

Prime factors of 84438 are 2, 3, 4691. Prime factorization of 84438 in exponential form is:

84438 = 2¹ × 3² × 4691¹

Step-3: Factors of 84432

List of positive integer factors of 84432 that divides 84432 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1759, 3518, 5277, 7036, 10554, 14072, 21108, 28144, 42216

Step-4: Factors of 84438

List of positive integer factors of 84438 that divides 84432 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 4691, 9382, 14073, 28146, 42219

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84432 and 84438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84432 and 84438 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 84432 and 84438