What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38197 and 38203?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38197 and 38203 is 1.

GCF(38197,38203) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38197 and 38203, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38197 and 38203.

How to find the GCF of 38197 and 38203?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38197 and 38203. After we will calculate the factors of 38197 and 38203 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38197

Prime factors of 38197 are 38197. Prime factorization of 38197 in exponential form is:

38197 = 38197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38203

Prime factors of 38203 are 11, 23, 151. Prime factorization of 38203 in exponential form is:

38203 = 11¹ × 23¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 38197

List of positive integer factors of 38197 that divides 38197 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 38203

List of positive integer factors of 38203 that divides 38197 without a remainder.

1, 11, 23, 151, 253, 1661, 3473

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38197 and 38203. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38197 and 38203 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38197 and 38203