What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38530 and 38549?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38530 and 38549 is 1.

GCF(38530,38549) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38530 and 38549, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38530 and 38549.

How to find the GCF of 38530 and 38549?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38530 and 38549. After we will calculate the factors of 38530 and 38549 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38530

Prime factors of 38530 are 2, 5, 3853. Prime factorization of 38530 in exponential form is:

38530 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 3853¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38549

Prime factors of 38549 are 7, 5507. Prime factorization of 38549 in exponential form is:

38549 = 7¹ × 5507¹

Step-3: Factors of 38530

List of positive integer factors of 38530 that divides 38530 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 3853, 7706, 19265

Step-4: Factors of 38549

List of positive integer factors of 38549 that divides 38530 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5507

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38530 and 38549. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38530 and 38549 is 1.

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