What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39398 and 39404?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39398 and 39404 is 2.

GCF(39398,39404) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39398 and 39404, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39398 and 39404.

How to find the GCF of 39398 and 39404?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39398 and 39404. After we will calculate the factors of 39398 and 39404 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 39404

Prime factors of 39404 are 2, 9851. Prime factorization of 39404 in exponential form is:

39404 = 2² × 9851¹

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 39404

List of positive integer factors of 39404 that divides 39398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9851, 19702

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39398 and 39404. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39398 and 39404 is 2.

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