What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38847 and 38853?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38847 and 38853 is 3.

GCF(38847,38853) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38847 and 38853, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38847 and 38853.

How to find the GCF of 38847 and 38853?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38847 and 38853. After we will calculate the factors of 38847 and 38853 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 38853

Prime factors of 38853 are 3, 1439. Prime factorization of 38853 in exponential form is:

38853 = 3³ × 1439¹

Step-3: Factors of 38847

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 38853

List of positive integer factors of 38853 that divides 38847 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1439, 4317, 12951

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38847 and 38853. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38847 and 38853 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38847 and 38853