What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39447 and 39462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39447 and 39462 is 3.

GCF(39447,39462) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39447 and 39462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39447 and 39462.

How to find the GCF of 39447 and 39462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39447 and 39462. After we will calculate the factors of 39447 and 39462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39447

Prime factors of 39447 are 3, 487. Prime factorization of 39447 in exponential form is:

39447 = 3⁴ × 487¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39462

Prime factors of 39462 are 2, 3, 6577. Prime factorization of 39462 in exponential form is:

39462 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6577¹

Step-3: Factors of 39447

List of positive integer factors of 39447 that divides 39447 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 487, 1461, 4383, 13149

Step-4: Factors of 39462

List of positive integer factors of 39462 that divides 39447 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6577, 13154, 19731

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39447 and 39462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39447 and 39462 is 3.

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