What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39568 and 39574?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39568 and 39574 is 2.

GCF(39568,39574) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39568 and 39574, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39568 and 39574.

How to find the GCF of 39568 and 39574?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39568 and 39574. After we will calculate the factors of 39568 and 39574 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39568

Prime factors of 39568 are 2, 2473. Prime factorization of 39568 in exponential form is:

39568 = 2⁴ × 2473¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39574

Prime factors of 39574 are 2, 47, 421. Prime factorization of 39574 in exponential form is:

39574 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 39568

List of positive integer factors of 39568 that divides 39568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2473, 4946, 9892, 19784

Step-4: Factors of 39574

List of positive integer factors of 39574 that divides 39568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 421, 842, 19787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39568 and 39574. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39568 and 39574 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39568 and 39574