What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38692 and 38708?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38692 and 38708 is 4.

GCF(38692,38708) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38692 and 38708, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38692 and 38708.

How to find the GCF of 38692 and 38708?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38692 and 38708. After we will calculate the factors of 38692 and 38708 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 38708

Prime factors of 38708 are 2, 9677. Prime factorization of 38708 in exponential form is:

38708 = 2² × 9677¹

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 38708

List of positive integer factors of 38708 that divides 38692 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9677, 19354

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38692 and 38708. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38692 and 38708 is 4.

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