What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38931 and 38947?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38931 and 38947 is 1.

GCF(38931,38947) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38931 and 38947, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38931 and 38947.

How to find the GCF of 38931 and 38947?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38931 and 38947. After we will calculate the factors of 38931 and 38947 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 38947

Prime factors of 38947 are 17, 29, 79. Prime factorization of 38947 in exponential form is:

38947 = 17¹ × 29¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 38931

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 38947

List of positive integer factors of 38947 that divides 38931 without a remainder.

1, 17, 29, 79, 493, 1343, 2291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38931 and 38947. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38931 and 38947 is 1.

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