What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39797 and 39814?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39797 and 39814 is 17.

GCF(39797,39814) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39797 and 39814, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39797 and 39814.

How to find the GCF of 39797 and 39814?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39797 and 39814. After we will calculate the factors of 39797 and 39814 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39797

Prime factors of 39797 are 17, 2341. Prime factorization of 39797 in exponential form is:

39797 = 17¹ × 2341¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39814

Prime factors of 39814 are 2, 17, 1171. Prime factorization of 39814 in exponential form is:

39814 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1171¹

Step-3: Factors of 39797

List of positive integer factors of 39797 that divides 39797 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2341

Step-4: Factors of 39814

List of positive integer factors of 39814 that divides 39797 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1171, 2342, 19907

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39797 and 39814. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39797 and 39814 is 17.

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