What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38221 and 38227?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38221 and 38227 is 1.

GCF(38221,38227) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38221 and 38227, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38221 and 38227.

How to find the GCF of 38221 and 38227?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38221 and 38227. After we will calculate the factors of 38221 and 38227 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38221

Prime factors of 38221 are 37, 1033. Prime factorization of 38221 in exponential form is:

38221 = 37¹ × 1033¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38227

Prime factors of 38227 are 7, 43, 127. Prime factorization of 38227 in exponential form is:

38227 = 7¹ × 43¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 38221

List of positive integer factors of 38221 that divides 38221 without a remainder.

1, 37, 1033

Step-4: Factors of 38227

List of positive integer factors of 38227 that divides 38221 without a remainder.

1, 7, 43, 127, 301, 889, 5461

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38221 and 38227. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38221 and 38227 is 1.

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