What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37398 and 37406?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37398 and 37406 is 2.

GCF(37398,37406) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37398 and 37406, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37398 and 37406.

How to find the GCF of 37398 and 37406?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37398 and 37406. After we will calculate the factors of 37398 and 37406 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37398

Prime factors of 37398 are 2, 3, 23, 271. Prime factorization of 37398 in exponential form is:

37398 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37406

Prime factors of 37406 are 2, 59, 317. Prime factorization of 37406 in exponential form is:

37406 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 317¹

Step-3: Factors of 37398

List of positive integer factors of 37398 that divides 37398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138, 271, 542, 813, 1626, 6233, 12466, 18699

Step-4: Factors of 37406

List of positive integer factors of 37406 that divides 37398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 317, 634, 18703

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37398 and 37406. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37398 and 37406 is 2.

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