What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37911 and 37929?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37911 and 37929 is 3.

GCF(37911,37929) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37911 and 37929, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37911 and 37929.

How to find the GCF of 37911 and 37929?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37911 and 37929. After we will calculate the factors of 37911 and 37929 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37911

Prime factors of 37911 are 3, 12637. Prime factorization of 37911 in exponential form is:

37911 = 3¹ × 12637¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37929

Prime factors of 37929 are 3, 47, 269. Prime factorization of 37929 in exponential form is:

37929 = 3¹ × 47¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 37911

List of positive integer factors of 37911 that divides 37911 without a remainder.

1, 3, 12637

Step-4: Factors of 37929

List of positive integer factors of 37929 that divides 37911 without a remainder.

1, 3, 47, 141, 269, 807, 12643

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37911 and 37929. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37911 and 37929 is 3.

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