What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38402 and 38406?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38402 and 38406 is 2.

GCF(38402,38406) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38402 and 38406, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38402 and 38406.

How to find the GCF of 38402 and 38406?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38402 and 38406. After we will calculate the factors of 38402 and 38406 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38402

Prime factors of 38402 are 2, 7, 13, 211. Prime factorization of 38402 in exponential form is:

38402 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38406

Prime factors of 38406 are 2, 3, 37, 173. Prime factorization of 38406 in exponential form is:

38406 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 37¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 38402

List of positive integer factors of 38402 that divides 38402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 26, 91, 182, 211, 422, 1477, 2743, 2954, 5486, 19201

Step-4: Factors of 38406

List of positive integer factors of 38406 that divides 38402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 37, 74, 111, 173, 222, 346, 519, 1038, 6401, 12802, 19203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38402 and 38406. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38402 and 38406 is 2.

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