What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39291 and 39297?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39291 and 39297 is 3.

GCF(39291,39297) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39291 and 39297, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39291 and 39297.

How to find the GCF of 39291 and 39297?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39291 and 39297. After we will calculate the factors of 39291 and 39297 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39291

Prime factors of 39291 are 3, 7, 1871. Prime factorization of 39291 in exponential form is:

39291 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1871¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39297

Prime factors of 39297 are 3, 13099. Prime factorization of 39297 in exponential form is:

39297 = 3¹ × 13099¹

Step-3: Factors of 39291

List of positive integer factors of 39291 that divides 39291 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1871, 5613, 13097

Step-4: Factors of 39297

List of positive integer factors of 39297 that divides 39291 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13099

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39291 and 39297. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39291 and 39297 is 3.

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