What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38925 and 38931?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38925 and 38931 is 3.

GCF(38925,38931) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38925 and 38931, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38925 and 38931.

How to find the GCF of 38925 and 38931?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38925 and 38931. After we will calculate the factors of 38925 and 38931 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38925

Prime factors of 38925 are 3, 5, 173. Prime factorization of 38925 in exponential form is:

38925 = 3² × 5² × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38931

Prime factors of 38931 are 3, 19, 683. Prime factorization of 38931 in exponential form is:

38931 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 683¹

Step-3: Factors of 38925

List of positive integer factors of 38925 that divides 38925 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 25, 45, 75, 173, 225, 519, 865, 1557, 2595, 4325, 7785, 12975

Step-4: Factors of 38931

List of positive integer factors of 38931 that divides 38925 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 683, 2049, 12977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38925 and 38931. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38925 and 38931 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38925 and 38931