What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39232 and 39246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39232 and 39246 is 2.

GCF(39232,39246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39232 and 39246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39232 and 39246.

How to find the GCF of 39232 and 39246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39232 and 39246. After we will calculate the factors of 39232 and 39246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39232

Prime factors of 39232 are 2, 613. Prime factorization of 39232 in exponential form is:

39232 = 2⁶ × 613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39246

Prime factors of 39246 are 2, 3, 31, 211. Prime factorization of 39246 in exponential form is:

39246 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 39232

List of positive integer factors of 39232 that divides 39232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 613, 1226, 2452, 4904, 9808, 19616

Step-4: Factors of 39246

List of positive integer factors of 39246 that divides 39232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 93, 186, 211, 422, 633, 1266, 6541, 13082, 19623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39232 and 39246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39232 and 39246 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39232 and 39246