What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38379 and 38388?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38379 and 38388 is 3.

GCF(38379,38388) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38379 and 38388, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38379 and 38388.

How to find the GCF of 38379 and 38388?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38379 and 38388. After we will calculate the factors of 38379 and 38388 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38379

Prime factors of 38379 are 3, 11, 1163. Prime factorization of 38379 in exponential form is:

38379 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38388

Prime factors of 38388 are 2, 3, 7, 457. Prime factorization of 38388 in exponential form is:

38388 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 457¹

Step-3: Factors of 38379

List of positive integer factors of 38379 that divides 38379 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1163, 3489, 12793

Step-4: Factors of 38388

List of positive integer factors of 38388 that divides 38379 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 457, 914, 1371, 1828, 2742, 3199, 5484, 6398, 9597, 12796, 19194

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38379 and 38388. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38379 and 38388 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38379 and 38388