What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37965 and 37979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37965 and 37979 is 1.

GCF(37965,37979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37965 and 37979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37965 and 37979.

How to find the GCF of 37965 and 37979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37965 and 37979. After we will calculate the factors of 37965 and 37979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37965

Prime factors of 37965 are 3, 5, 2531. Prime factorization of 37965 in exponential form is:

37965 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2531¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37979

Prime factors of 37979 are 163, 233. Prime factorization of 37979 in exponential form is:

37979 = 163¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 37965

List of positive integer factors of 37965 that divides 37965 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2531, 7593, 12655

Step-4: Factors of 37979

List of positive integer factors of 37979 that divides 37965 without a remainder.

1, 163, 233

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37965 and 37979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37965 and 37979 is 1.

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