What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39538 and 39558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39538 and 39558 is 2.

GCF(39538,39558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39538 and 39558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39538 and 39558.

How to find the GCF of 39538 and 39558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39538 and 39558. After we will calculate the factors of 39538 and 39558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39538

Prime factors of 39538 are 2, 53, 373. Prime factorization of 39538 in exponential form is:

39538 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39558

Prime factors of 39558 are 2, 3, 19, 347. Prime factorization of 39558 in exponential form is:

39558 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 39538

List of positive integer factors of 39538 that divides 39538 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 373, 746, 19769

Step-4: Factors of 39558

List of positive integer factors of 39558 that divides 39538 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 347, 694, 1041, 2082, 6593, 13186, 19779

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39538 and 39558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39538 and 39558 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39538 and 39558