What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37901 and 37920?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37901 and 37920 is 1.

GCF(37901,37920) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37901 and 37920, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37901 and 37920.

How to find the GCF of 37901 and 37920?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37901 and 37920. After we will calculate the factors of 37901 and 37920 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37901

Prime factors of 37901 are 151, 251. Prime factorization of 37901 in exponential form is:

37901 = 151¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37920

Prime factors of 37920 are 2, 3, 5, 79. Prime factorization of 37920 in exponential form is:

37920 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 37901

List of positive integer factors of 37901 that divides 37901 without a remainder.

1, 151, 251

Step-4: Factors of 37920

List of positive integer factors of 37920 that divides 37901 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 79, 80, 96, 120, 158, 160, 237, 240, 316, 395, 474, 480, 632, 790, 948, 1185, 1264, 1580, 1896, 2370, 2528, 3160, 3792, 4740, 6320, 7584, 9480, 12640, 18960

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37901 and 37920. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37901 and 37920 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 37901 and 37920