What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37949 and 37960?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37949 and 37960 is 1.

GCF(37949,37960) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37949 and 37960, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37949 and 37960.

How to find the GCF of 37949 and 37960?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37949 and 37960. After we will calculate the factors of 37949 and 37960 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37949

Prime factors of 37949 are 137, 277. Prime factorization of 37949 in exponential form is:

37949 = 137¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37960

Prime factors of 37960 are 2, 5, 13, 73. Prime factorization of 37960 in exponential form is:

37960 = 2³ × 5¹ × 13¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 37949

List of positive integer factors of 37949 that divides 37949 without a remainder.

1, 137, 277

Step-4: Factors of 37960

List of positive integer factors of 37960 that divides 37949 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 20, 26, 40, 52, 65, 73, 104, 130, 146, 260, 292, 365, 520, 584, 730, 949, 1460, 1898, 2920, 3796, 4745, 7592, 9490, 18980

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37949 and 37960. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37949 and 37960 is 1.

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