What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39291 and 39298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39291 and 39298 is 7.

GCF(39291,39298) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39291 and 39298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39291 and 39298.

How to find the GCF of 39291 and 39298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39291 and 39298. After we will calculate the factors of 39291 and 39298 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 39298

Prime factors of 39298 are 2, 7, 401. Prime factorization of 39298 in exponential form is:

39298 = 2¹ × 7² × 401¹

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 39298

List of positive integer factors of 39298 that divides 39291 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 401, 802, 2807, 5614, 19649

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39291 and 39298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39291 and 39298 is 7.

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