What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38543 and 38552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38543 and 38552 is 1.

GCF(38543,38552) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38543 and 38552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38543 and 38552.

How to find the GCF of 38543 and 38552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38543 and 38552. After we will calculate the factors of 38543 and 38552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38543

Prime factors of 38543 are 38543. Prime factorization of 38543 in exponential form is:

38543 = 38543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38552

Prime factors of 38552 are 2, 61, 79. Prime factorization of 38552 in exponential form is:

38552 = 2³ × 61¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 38543

List of positive integer factors of 38543 that divides 38543 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 38552

List of positive integer factors of 38552 that divides 38543 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 61, 79, 122, 158, 244, 316, 488, 632, 4819, 9638, 19276

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38543 and 38552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38543 and 38552 is 1.

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