What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38847 and 38859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38847 and 38859 is 3.

GCF(38847,38859) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38847 and 38859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38847 and 38859.

How to find the GCF of 38847 and 38859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38847 and 38859. After we will calculate the factors of 38847 and 38859 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 38859

Prime factors of 38859 are 3, 12953. Prime factorization of 38859 in exponential form is:

38859 = 3¹ × 12953¹

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 38859

List of positive integer factors of 38859 that divides 38847 without a remainder.

1, 3, 12953

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38847 and 38859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38847 and 38859 is 3.

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