What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38739 and 38743?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38739 and 38743 is 1.

GCF(38739,38743) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38739 and 38743, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38739 and 38743.

How to find the GCF of 38739 and 38743?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38739 and 38743. After we will calculate the factors of 38739 and 38743 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38739

Prime factors of 38739 are 3, 37, 349. Prime factorization of 38739 in exponential form is:

38739 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38743

Prime factors of 38743 are 17, 43, 53. Prime factorization of 38743 in exponential form is:

38743 = 17¹ × 43¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 38739

List of positive integer factors of 38739 that divides 38739 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 349, 1047, 12913

Step-4: Factors of 38743

List of positive integer factors of 38743 that divides 38739 without a remainder.

1, 17, 43, 53, 731, 901, 2279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38739 and 38743. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38739 and 38743 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38739 and 38743