What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39715 and 39721?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39715 and 39721 is 1.

GCF(39715,39721) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39715 and 39721, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39715 and 39721.

How to find the GCF of 39715 and 39721?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39715 and 39721. After we will calculate the factors of 39715 and 39721 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39715

Prime factors of 39715 are 5, 13, 47. Prime factorization of 39715 in exponential form is:

39715 = 5¹ × 13² × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39721

Prime factors of 39721 are 11, 23, 157. Prime factorization of 39721 in exponential form is:

39721 = 11¹ × 23¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 39715

List of positive integer factors of 39715 that divides 39715 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 47, 65, 169, 235, 611, 845, 3055, 7943

Step-4: Factors of 39721

List of positive integer factors of 39721 that divides 39715 without a remainder.

1, 11, 23, 157, 253, 1727, 3611

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39715 and 39721. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39715 and 39721 is 1.

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