What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37918 and 37938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37918 and 37938 is 2.

GCF(37918,37938) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37918 and 37938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37918 and 37938.

How to find the GCF of 37918 and 37938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37918 and 37938. After we will calculate the factors of 37918 and 37938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37918

Prime factors of 37918 are 2, 18959. Prime factorization of 37918 in exponential form is:

37918 = 2¹ × 18959¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37938

Prime factors of 37938 are 2, 3, 6323. Prime factorization of 37938 in exponential form is:

37938 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6323¹

Step-3: Factors of 37918

List of positive integer factors of 37918 that divides 37918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 18959

Step-4: Factors of 37938

List of positive integer factors of 37938 that divides 37918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6323, 12646, 18969

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37918 and 37938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37918 and 37938 is 2.

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