What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37743 and 37749?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37743 and 37749 is 3.

GCF(37743,37749) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37743 and 37749, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37743 and 37749.

How to find the GCF of 37743 and 37749?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37743 and 37749. After we will calculate the factors of 37743 and 37749 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37743

Prime factors of 37743 are 3, 23, 547. Prime factorization of 37743 in exponential form is:

37743 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 547¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37749

Prime factors of 37749 are 3, 12583. Prime factorization of 37749 in exponential form is:

37749 = 3¹ × 12583¹

Step-3: Factors of 37743

List of positive integer factors of 37743 that divides 37743 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 547, 1641, 12581

Step-4: Factors of 37749

List of positive integer factors of 37749 that divides 37743 without a remainder.

1, 3, 12583

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37743 and 37749. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37743 and 37749 is 3.

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