What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37788 and 37796?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37788 and 37796 is 4.

GCF(37788,37796) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37788 and 37796, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37788 and 37796.

How to find the GCF of 37788 and 37796?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37788 and 37796. After we will calculate the factors of 37788 and 37796 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37788

Prime factors of 37788 are 2, 3, 47, 67. Prime factorization of 37788 in exponential form is:

37788 = 2² × 3¹ × 47¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37796

Prime factors of 37796 are 2, 11, 859. Prime factorization of 37796 in exponential form is:

37796 = 2² × 11¹ × 859¹

Step-3: Factors of 37788

List of positive integer factors of 37788 that divides 37788 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 47, 67, 94, 134, 141, 188, 201, 268, 282, 402, 564, 804, 3149, 6298, 9447, 12596, 18894

Step-4: Factors of 37796

List of positive integer factors of 37796 that divides 37788 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 859, 1718, 3436, 9449, 18898

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37788 and 37796. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37788 and 37796 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 37788 and 37796