What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38936 and 38946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38936 and 38946 is 2.

GCF(38936,38946) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38936 and 38946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38936 and 38946.

How to find the GCF of 38936 and 38946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38936 and 38946. After we will calculate the factors of 38936 and 38946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38936

Prime factors of 38936 are 2, 31, 157. Prime factorization of 38936 in exponential form is:

38936 = 2³ × 31¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38946

Prime factors of 38946 are 2, 3, 6491. Prime factorization of 38946 in exponential form is:

38946 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6491¹

Step-3: Factors of 38936

List of positive integer factors of 38936 that divides 38936 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 31, 62, 124, 157, 248, 314, 628, 1256, 4867, 9734, 19468

Step-4: Factors of 38946

List of positive integer factors of 38946 that divides 38936 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6491, 12982, 19473

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38936 and 38946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38936 and 38946 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 38936 and 38946