What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39159 and 39178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39159 and 39178 is 19.

GCF(39159,39178) = 19

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39159 and 39178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39159 and 39178.

How to find the GCF of 39159 and 39178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39159 and 39178. After we will calculate the factors of 39159 and 39178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39159

Prime factors of 39159 are 3, 19, 229. Prime factorization of 39159 in exponential form is:

39159 = 3² × 19¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39178

Prime factors of 39178 are 2, 19, 1031. Prime factorization of 39178 in exponential form is:

39178 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1031¹

Step-3: Factors of 39159

List of positive integer factors of 39159 that divides 39159 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 57, 171, 229, 687, 2061, 4351, 13053

Step-4: Factors of 39178

List of positive integer factors of 39178 that divides 39159 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1031, 2062, 19589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39159 and 39178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39159 and 39178 is 19.

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