What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38991 and 39001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38991 and 39001 is 1.

GCF(38991,39001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38991 and 39001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38991 and 39001.

How to find the GCF of 38991 and 39001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38991 and 39001. After we will calculate the factors of 38991 and 39001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38991

Prime factors of 38991 are 3, 41, 317. Prime factorization of 38991 in exponential form is:

38991 = 3¹ × 41¹ × 317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39001

Prime factors of 39001 are 43, 907. Prime factorization of 39001 in exponential form is:

39001 = 43¹ × 907¹

Step-3: Factors of 38991

List of positive integer factors of 38991 that divides 38991 without a remainder.

1, 3, 41, 123, 317, 951, 12997

Step-4: Factors of 39001

List of positive integer factors of 39001 that divides 38991 without a remainder.

1, 43, 907

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38991 and 39001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38991 and 39001 is 1.

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