What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39562 and 39566?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39562 and 39566 is 2.

GCF(39562,39566) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39562 and 39566, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39562 and 39566.

How to find the GCF of 39562 and 39566?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39562 and 39566. After we will calculate the factors of 39562 and 39566 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 39566

Prime factors of 39566 are 2, 73, 271. Prime factorization of 39566 in exponential form is:

39566 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 271¹

Step-3: Factors of 39562

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 39566

List of positive integer factors of 39566 that divides 39562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 271, 542, 19783

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39562 and 39566. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39562 and 39566 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39562 and 39566