What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39342 and 39346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39342 and 39346 is 2.

GCF(39342,39346) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39342 and 39346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39342 and 39346.

How to find the GCF of 39342 and 39346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39342 and 39346. After we will calculate the factors of 39342 and 39346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39342

Prime factors of 39342 are 2, 3, 79, 83. Prime factorization of 39342 in exponential form is:

39342 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 79¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39346

Prime factors of 39346 are 2, 103, 191. Prime factorization of 39346 in exponential form is:

39346 = 2¹ × 103¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 39342

List of positive integer factors of 39342 that divides 39342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 79, 83, 158, 166, 237, 249, 474, 498, 6557, 13114, 19671

Step-4: Factors of 39346

List of positive integer factors of 39346 that divides 39342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 103, 191, 206, 382, 19673

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39342 and 39346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39342 and 39346 is 2.

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