What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39558 and 39562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39558 and 39562 is 2.

GCF(39558,39562) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39558 and 39562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39558 and 39562.

How to find the GCF of 39558 and 39562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39558 and 39562. After we will calculate the factors of 39558 and 39562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 39562

Prime factors of 39562 are 2, 131, 151. Prime factorization of 39562 in exponential form is:

39562 = 2¹ × 131¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 39558

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 39562

List of positive integer factors of 39562 that divides 39558 without a remainder.

1, 2, 131, 151, 262, 302, 19781

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39558 and 39562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39558 and 39562 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39558 and 39562