What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39298 and 39316?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39298 and 39316 is 2.

GCF(39298,39316) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39298 and 39316, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39298 and 39316.

How to find the GCF of 39298 and 39316?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39298 and 39316. After we will calculate the factors of 39298 and 39316 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 39316

Prime factors of 39316 are 2, 9829. Prime factorization of 39316 in exponential form is:

39316 = 2² × 9829¹

Step-3: Factors of 39298

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 39316

List of positive integer factors of 39316 that divides 39298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9829, 19658

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39298 and 39316. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39298 and 39316 is 2.

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