What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39766 and 39772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39766 and 39772 is 2.

GCF(39766,39772) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39766 and 39772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39766 and 39772.

How to find the GCF of 39766 and 39772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39766 and 39772. After we will calculate the factors of 39766 and 39772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39766

Prime factors of 39766 are 2, 59, 337. Prime factorization of 39766 in exponential form is:

39766 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 337¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39772

Prime factors of 39772 are 2, 61, 163. Prime factorization of 39772 in exponential form is:

39772 = 2² × 61¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 39766

List of positive integer factors of 39766 that divides 39766 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 337, 674, 19883

Step-4: Factors of 39772

List of positive integer factors of 39772 that divides 39766 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 61, 122, 163, 244, 326, 652, 9943, 19886

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39766 and 39772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39766 and 39772 is 2.

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