What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38842 and 38847?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38842 and 38847 is 1.

GCF(38842,38847) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38842 and 38847, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38842 and 38847.

How to find the GCF of 38842 and 38847?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38842 and 38847. After we will calculate the factors of 38842 and 38847 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38842

Prime factors of 38842 are 2, 19421. Prime factorization of 38842 in exponential form is:

38842 = 2¹ × 19421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38847

Prime factors of 38847 are 3, 23, 563. Prime factorization of 38847 in exponential form is:

38847 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 563¹

Step-3: Factors of 38842

List of positive integer factors of 38842 that divides 38842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19421

Step-4: Factors of 38847

List of positive integer factors of 38847 that divides 38842 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 563, 1689, 12949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38842 and 38847. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38842 and 38847 is 1.

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