What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39216 and 39231?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39216 and 39231 is 3.

GCF(39216,39231) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39216 and 39231, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39216 and 39231.

How to find the GCF of 39216 and 39231?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39216 and 39231. After we will calculate the factors of 39216 and 39231 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39216

Prime factors of 39216 are 2, 3, 19, 43. Prime factorization of 39216 in exponential form is:

39216 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39231

Prime factors of 39231 are 3, 1453. Prime factorization of 39231 in exponential form is:

39231 = 3³ × 1453¹

Step-3: Factors of 39216

List of positive integer factors of 39216 that divides 39216 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 19, 24, 38, 43, 48, 57, 76, 86, 114, 129, 152, 172, 228, 258, 304, 344, 456, 516, 688, 817, 912, 1032, 1634, 2064, 2451, 3268, 4902, 6536, 9804, 13072, 19608

Step-4: Factors of 39231

List of positive integer factors of 39231 that divides 39216 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1453, 4359, 13077

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39216 and 39231. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39216 and 39231 is 3.

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