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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37988 and 37994?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37988 and 37994 is 2.

GCF(37988,37994) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37988 and 37994, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37988 and 37994.

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How to find the GCF of 37988 and 37994?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37988 and 37994. After we will calculate the factors of 37988 and 37994 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37988

Prime factors of 37988 are 2, 9497. Prime factorization of 37988 in exponential form is:

37988 = 22 × 94971

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37994

Prime factors of 37994 are 2, 11, 157. Prime factorization of 37994 in exponential form is:

37994 = 21 × 112 × 1571

Step-3: Factors of 37988

List of positive integer factors of 37988 that divides 37988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9497, 18994

Step-4: Factors of 37994

List of positive integer factors of 37994 that divides 37988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 121, 157, 242, 314, 1727, 3454, 18997

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37988 and 37994. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37988 and 37994 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 37988 and 37994