What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38394 and 38398?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38394 and 38398 is 2.

GCF(38394,38398) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38394 and 38398, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38394 and 38398.

How to find the GCF of 38394 and 38398?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38394 and 38398. After we will calculate the factors of 38394 and 38398 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38394

Prime factors of 38394 are 2, 3, 79. Prime factorization of 38394 in exponential form is:

38394 = 2¹ × 3⁵ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38398

Prime factors of 38398 are 2, 73, 263. Prime factorization of 38398 in exponential form is:

38398 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 38394

List of positive integer factors of 38394 that divides 38394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 79, 81, 158, 162, 237, 243, 474, 486, 711, 1422, 2133, 4266, 6399, 12798, 19197

Step-4: Factors of 38398

List of positive integer factors of 38398 that divides 38394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 263, 526, 19199

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38394 and 38398. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38394 and 38398 is 2.

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