What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38843 and 38849?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38843 and 38849 is 1.

GCF(38843,38849) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38843 and 38849, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38843 and 38849.

How to find the GCF of 38843 and 38849?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38843 and 38849. After we will calculate the factors of 38843 and 38849 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38843

Prime factors of 38843 are 7, 31, 179. Prime factorization of 38843 in exponential form is:

38843 = 7¹ × 31¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38849

Prime factors of 38849 are 53, 733. Prime factorization of 38849 in exponential form is:

38849 = 53¹ × 733¹

Step-3: Factors of 38843

List of positive integer factors of 38843 that divides 38843 without a remainder.

1, 7, 31, 179, 217, 1253, 5549

Step-4: Factors of 38849

List of positive integer factors of 38849 that divides 38843 without a remainder.

1, 53, 733

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38843 and 38849. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38843 and 38849 is 1.

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