What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37930 and 37948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37930 and 37948 is 2.

GCF(37930,37948) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37930 and 37948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37930 and 37948.

How to find the GCF of 37930 and 37948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37930 and 37948. After we will calculate the factors of 37930 and 37948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37930

Prime factors of 37930 are 2, 5, 3793. Prime factorization of 37930 in exponential form is:

37930 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 3793¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37948

Prime factors of 37948 are 2, 53, 179. Prime factorization of 37948 in exponential form is:

37948 = 2² × 53¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 37930

List of positive integer factors of 37930 that divides 37930 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 3793, 7586, 18965

Step-4: Factors of 37948

List of positive integer factors of 37948 that divides 37930 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 53, 106, 179, 212, 358, 716, 9487, 18974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37930 and 37948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37930 and 37948 is 2.

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