What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39196 and 39212?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39196 and 39212 is 4.

GCF(39196,39212) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39196 and 39212, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39196 and 39212.

How to find the GCF of 39196 and 39212?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39196 and 39212. After we will calculate the factors of 39196 and 39212 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39196

Prime factors of 39196 are 2, 41, 239. Prime factorization of 39196 in exponential form is:

39196 = 2² × 41¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39212

Prime factors of 39212 are 2, 9803. Prime factorization of 39212 in exponential form is:

39212 = 2² × 9803¹

Step-3: Factors of 39196

List of positive integer factors of 39196 that divides 39196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 41, 82, 164, 239, 478, 956, 9799, 19598

Step-4: Factors of 39212

List of positive integer factors of 39212 that divides 39196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9803, 19606

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39196 and 39212. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39196 and 39212 is 4.

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