What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39698 and 39702?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39698 and 39702 is 2.

GCF(39698,39702) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39698 and 39702, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39698 and 39702.

How to find the GCF of 39698 and 39702?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39698 and 39702. After we will calculate the factors of 39698 and 39702 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39698

Prime factors of 39698 are 2, 23, 863. Prime factorization of 39698 in exponential form is:

39698 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39702

Prime factors of 39702 are 2, 3, 13, 509. Prime factorization of 39702 in exponential form is:

39702 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 509¹

Step-3: Factors of 39698

List of positive integer factors of 39698 that divides 39698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 863, 1726, 19849

Step-4: Factors of 39702

List of positive integer factors of 39702 that divides 39698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 509, 1018, 1527, 3054, 6617, 13234, 19851

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39698 and 39702. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39698 and 39702 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39698 and 39702