What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39718 and 39731?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39718 and 39731 is 1.

GCF(39718,39731) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39718 and 39731, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39718 and 39731.

How to find the GCF of 39718 and 39731?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39718 and 39731. After we will calculate the factors of 39718 and 39731 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39718

Prime factors of 39718 are 2, 7, 2837. Prime factorization of 39718 in exponential form is:

39718 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2837¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39731

Prime factors of 39731 are 67, 593. Prime factorization of 39731 in exponential form is:

39731 = 67¹ × 593¹

Step-3: Factors of 39718

List of positive integer factors of 39718 that divides 39718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2837, 5674, 19859

Step-4: Factors of 39731

List of positive integer factors of 39731 that divides 39718 without a remainder.

1, 67, 593

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39718 and 39731. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39718 and 39731 is 1.

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