What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39816 and 39831?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39816 and 39831 is 3.

GCF(39816,39831) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39816 and 39831, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39816 and 39831.

How to find the GCF of 39816 and 39831?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39816 and 39831. After we will calculate the factors of 39816 and 39831 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39816

Prime factors of 39816 are 2, 3, 7, 79. Prime factorization of 39816 in exponential form is:

39816 = 2³ × 3² × 7¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39831

Prime factors of 39831 are 3, 11, 17, 71. Prime factorization of 39831 in exponential form is:

39831 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 39816

List of positive integer factors of 39816 that divides 39816 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 24, 28, 36, 42, 56, 63, 72, 79, 84, 126, 158, 168, 237, 252, 316, 474, 504, 553, 632, 711, 948, 1106, 1422, 1659, 1896, 2212, 2844, 3318, 4424, 4977, 5688, 6636, 9954, 13272, 19908

Step-4: Factors of 39831

List of positive integer factors of 39831 that divides 39816 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 17, 33, 51, 71, 187, 213, 561, 781, 1207, 2343, 3621, 13277

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39816 and 39831. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39816 and 39831 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39816 and 39831