What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38841 and 38846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38841 and 38846 is 1.

GCF(38841,38846) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38841 and 38846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38841 and 38846.

How to find the GCF of 38841 and 38846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38841 and 38846. After we will calculate the factors of 38841 and 38846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38841

Prime factors of 38841 are 3, 11, 107. Prime factorization of 38841 in exponential form is:

38841 = 3¹ × 11² × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38846

Prime factors of 38846 are 2, 19423. Prime factorization of 38846 in exponential form is:

38846 = 2¹ × 19423¹

Step-3: Factors of 38841

List of positive integer factors of 38841 that divides 38841 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 107, 121, 321, 363, 1177, 3531, 12947

Step-4: Factors of 38846

List of positive integer factors of 38846 that divides 38841 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19423

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38841 and 38846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38841 and 38846 is 1.

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