What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38356 and 38370?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38356 and 38370 is 2.

GCF(38356,38370) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38356 and 38370, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38356 and 38370.

How to find the GCF of 38356 and 38370?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38356 and 38370. After we will calculate the factors of 38356 and 38370 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38356

Prime factors of 38356 are 2, 43, 223. Prime factorization of 38356 in exponential form is:

38356 = 2² × 43¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38370

Prime factors of 38370 are 2, 3, 5, 1279. Prime factorization of 38370 in exponential form is:

38370 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 1279¹

Step-3: Factors of 38356

List of positive integer factors of 38356 that divides 38356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 172, 223, 446, 892, 9589, 19178

Step-4: Factors of 38370

List of positive integer factors of 38370 that divides 38356 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 1279, 2558, 3837, 6395, 7674, 12790, 19185

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38356 and 38370. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38356 and 38370 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38356 and 38370