What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37932 and 37938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37932 and 37938 is 6.

GCF(37932,37938) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37932 and 37938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37932 and 37938.

How to find the GCF of 37932 and 37938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37932 and 37938. After we will calculate the factors of 37932 and 37938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37932

Prime factors of 37932 are 2, 3, 29, 109. Prime factorization of 37932 in exponential form is:

37932 = 2² × 3¹ × 29¹ × 109¹

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 37932

List of positive integer factors of 37932 that divides 37932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 29, 58, 87, 109, 116, 174, 218, 327, 348, 436, 654, 1308, 3161, 6322, 9483, 12644, 18966

Step-4: Factors of 37938

List of positive integer factors of 37938 that divides 37932 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37932 and 37938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37932 and 37938 is 6.

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