What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38672 and 38692?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38672 and 38692 is 4.

GCF(38672,38692) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38672 and 38692, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38672 and 38692.

How to find the GCF of 38672 and 38692?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38672 and 38692. After we will calculate the factors of 38672 and 38692 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38672

Prime factors of 38672 are 2, 2417. Prime factorization of 38672 in exponential form is:

38672 = 2⁴ × 2417¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38692

Prime factors of 38692 are 2, 17, 569. Prime factorization of 38692 in exponential form is:

38692 = 2² × 17¹ × 569¹

Step-3: Factors of 38672

List of positive integer factors of 38672 that divides 38672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2417, 4834, 9668, 19336

Step-4: Factors of 38692

List of positive integer factors of 38692 that divides 38672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 569, 1138, 2276, 9673, 19346

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38672 and 38692. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38672 and 38692 is 4.

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