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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37964 and 37970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37964 and 37970 is 2.

GCF(37964,37970) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37964 and 37970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37964 and 37970.

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How to find the GCF of 37964 and 37970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37964 and 37970. After we will calculate the factors of 37964 and 37970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37964

Prime factors of 37964 are 2, 9491. Prime factorization of 37964 in exponential form is:

37964 = 22 × 94911

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37970

Prime factors of 37970 are 2, 5, 3797. Prime factorization of 37970 in exponential form is:

37970 = 21 × 51 × 37971

Step-3: Factors of 37964

List of positive integer factors of 37964 that divides 37964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9491, 18982

Step-4: Factors of 37970

List of positive integer factors of 37970 that divides 37964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 3797, 7594, 18985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37964 and 37970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37964 and 37970 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 37964 and 37970