What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39699 and 39717?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39699 and 39717 is 9.

GCF(39699,39717) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39699 and 39717, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39699 and 39717.

How to find the GCF of 39699 and 39717?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39699 and 39717. After we will calculate the factors of 39699 and 39717 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39699

Prime factors of 39699 are 3, 11, 401. Prime factorization of 39699 in exponential form is:

39699 = 3² × 11¹ × 401¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39717

Prime factors of 39717 are 3, 1471. Prime factorization of 39717 in exponential form is:

39717 = 3³ × 1471¹

Step-3: Factors of 39699

List of positive integer factors of 39699 that divides 39699 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 401, 1203, 3609, 4411, 13233

Step-4: Factors of 39717

List of positive integer factors of 39717 that divides 39699 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1471, 4413, 13239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39699 and 39717. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39699 and 39717 is 9.

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