What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38566 and 38580?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38566 and 38580 is 2.

GCF(38566,38580) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38566 and 38580, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38566 and 38580.

How to find the GCF of 38566 and 38580?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38566 and 38580. After we will calculate the factors of 38566 and 38580 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38566

Prime factors of 38566 are 2, 11, 1753. Prime factorization of 38566 in exponential form is:

38566 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1753¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38580

Prime factors of 38580 are 2, 3, 5, 643. Prime factorization of 38580 in exponential form is:

38580 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 643¹

Step-3: Factors of 38566

List of positive integer factors of 38566 that divides 38566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1753, 3506, 19283

Step-4: Factors of 38580

List of positive integer factors of 38580 that divides 38566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 643, 1286, 1929, 2572, 3215, 3858, 6430, 7716, 9645, 12860, 19290

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38566 and 38580. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38566 and 38580 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38566 and 38580