What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39756 and 39762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39756 and 39762 is 6.

GCF(39756,39762) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39756 and 39762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39756 and 39762.

How to find the GCF of 39756 and 39762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39756 and 39762. After we will calculate the factors of 39756 and 39762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39756

Prime factors of 39756 are 2, 3, 3313. Prime factorization of 39756 in exponential form is:

39756 = 2² × 3¹ × 3313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39762

Prime factors of 39762 are 2, 3, 47. Prime factorization of 39762 in exponential form is:

39762 = 2¹ × 3² × 47²

Step-3: Factors of 39756

List of positive integer factors of 39756 that divides 39756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3313, 6626, 9939, 13252, 19878

Step-4: Factors of 39762

List of positive integer factors of 39762 that divides 39756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 47, 94, 141, 282, 423, 846, 2209, 4418, 6627, 13254, 19881

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39756 and 39762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39756 and 39762 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39756 and 39762