What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39731 and 39746?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39731 and 39746 is 1.

GCF(39731,39746) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39731 and 39746, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39731 and 39746.

How to find the GCF of 39731 and 39746?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39731 and 39746. After we will calculate the factors of 39731 and 39746 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39731

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

39731 = 67¹ × 593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39746

Prime factors of 39746 are 2, 7, 17, 167. Prime factorization of 39746 in exponential form is:

39746 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 39731

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

1, 67, 593

Step-4: Factors of 39746

List of positive integer factors of 39746 that divides 39731 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 34, 119, 167, 238, 334, 1169, 2338, 2839, 5678, 19873

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39731 and 39746. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39731 and 39746 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39731 and 39746