What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38692 and 38698?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38692 and 38698 is 2.

GCF(38692,38698) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38692 and 38698, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38692 and 38698.

How to find the GCF of 38692 and 38698?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38692 and 38698. After we will calculate the factors of 38692 and 38698 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 38698

Prime factors of 38698 are 2, 11, 1759. Prime factorization of 38698 in exponential form is:

38698 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1759¹

Step-3: Factors of 38692

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 38698

List of positive integer factors of 38698 that divides 38692 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1759, 3518, 19349

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38692 and 38698. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38692 and 38698 is 2.

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