What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37928 and 37940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37928 and 37940 is 4.

GCF(37928,37940) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37928 and 37940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37928 and 37940.

How to find the GCF of 37928 and 37940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37928 and 37940. After we will calculate the factors of 37928 and 37940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37928

Prime factors of 37928 are 2, 11, 431. Prime factorization of 37928 in exponential form is:

37928 = 2³ × 11¹ × 431¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37940

Prime factors of 37940 are 2, 5, 7, 271. Prime factorization of 37940 in exponential form is:

37940 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 271¹

Step-3: Factors of 37928

List of positive integer factors of 37928 that divides 37928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 431, 862, 1724, 3448, 4741, 9482, 18964

Step-4: Factors of 37940

List of positive integer factors of 37940 that divides 37928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 140, 271, 542, 1084, 1355, 1897, 2710, 3794, 5420, 7588, 9485, 18970

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37928 and 37940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37928 and 37940 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 37928 and 37940