What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38879 and 38896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38879 and 38896 is 17.

GCF(38879,38896) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38879 and 38896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38879 and 38896.

How to find the GCF of 38879 and 38896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38879 and 38896. After we will calculate the factors of 38879 and 38896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38879

Prime factors of 38879 are 17, 2287. Prime factorization of 38879 in exponential form is:

38879 = 17¹ × 2287¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38896

Prime factors of 38896 are 2, 11, 13, 17. Prime factorization of 38896 in exponential form is:

38896 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 38879

List of positive integer factors of 38879 that divides 38879 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2287

Step-4: Factors of 38896

List of positive integer factors of 38896 that divides 38879 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 22, 26, 34, 44, 52, 68, 88, 104, 136, 143, 176, 187, 208, 221, 272, 286, 374, 442, 572, 748, 884, 1144, 1496, 1768, 2288, 2431, 2992, 3536, 4862, 9724, 19448

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38879 and 38896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38879 and 38896 is 17.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38879 and 38896