What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39006 and 39012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39006 and 39012 is 6.

GCF(39006,39012) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39006 and 39012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39006 and 39012.

How to find the GCF of 39006 and 39012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39006 and 39012. After we will calculate the factors of 39006 and 39012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39006

Prime factors of 39006 are 2, 3, 11, 197. Prime factorization of 39006 in exponential form is:

39006 = 2¹ × 3² × 11¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39012

Prime factors of 39012 are 2, 3, 3251. Prime factorization of 39012 in exponential form is:

39012 = 2² × 3¹ × 3251¹

Step-3: Factors of 39006

List of positive integer factors of 39006 that divides 39006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 33, 66, 99, 197, 198, 394, 591, 1182, 1773, 2167, 3546, 4334, 6501, 13002, 19503

Step-4: Factors of 39012

List of positive integer factors of 39012 that divides 39006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3251, 6502, 9753, 13004, 19506

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39006 and 39012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39006 and 39012 is 6.

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