What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39398 and 39402?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39398 and 39402 is 2.

GCF(39398,39402) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39398 and 39402, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39398 and 39402.

How to find the GCF of 39398 and 39402?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39398 and 39402. After we will calculate the factors of 39398 and 39402 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39398

Prime factors of 39398 are 2, 19699. Prime factorization of 39398 in exponential form is:

39398 = 2¹ × 19699¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39402

Prime factors of 39402 are 2, 3, 11, 199. Prime factorization of 39402 in exponential form is:

39402 = 2¹ × 3² × 11¹ × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 39398

List of positive integer factors of 39398 that divides 39398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19699

Step-4: Factors of 39402

List of positive integer factors of 39402 that divides 39398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 22, 33, 66, 99, 198, 199, 398, 597, 1194, 1791, 2189, 3582, 4378, 6567, 13134, 19701

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39398 and 39402. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39398 and 39402 is 2.

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