What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37917 and 37923?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37917 and 37923 is 3.

GCF(37917,37923) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37917 and 37923, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37917 and 37923.

How to find the GCF of 37917 and 37923?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37917 and 37923. After we will calculate the factors of 37917 and 37923 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37917

Prime factors of 37917 are 3, 11, 383. Prime factorization of 37917 in exponential form is:

37917 = 3² × 11¹ × 383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37923

Prime factors of 37923 are 3, 12641. Prime factorization of 37923 in exponential form is:

37923 = 3¹ × 12641¹

Step-3: Factors of 37917

List of positive integer factors of 37917 that divides 37917 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 383, 1149, 3447, 4213, 12639

Step-4: Factors of 37923

List of positive integer factors of 37923 that divides 37917 without a remainder.

1, 3, 12641

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37917 and 37923. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37917 and 37923 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 37917 and 37923