What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39598 and 39617?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39598 and 39617 is 1.

GCF(39598,39617) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39598 and 39617, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39598 and 39617.

How to find the GCF of 39598 and 39617?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39598 and 39617. After we will calculate the factors of 39598 and 39617 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39598

Prime factors of 39598 are 2, 13, 1523. Prime factorization of 39598 in exponential form is:

39598 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39617

Prime factors of 39617 are 173, 229. Prime factorization of 39617 in exponential form is:

39617 = 173¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 39598

List of positive integer factors of 39598 that divides 39598 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1523, 3046, 19799

Step-4: Factors of 39617

List of positive integer factors of 39617 that divides 39598 without a remainder.

1, 173, 229

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39598 and 39617. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39598 and 39617 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39598 and 39617