What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39826 and 39840?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39826 and 39840 is 2.

GCF(39826,39840) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39826 and 39840, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39826 and 39840.

How to find the GCF of 39826 and 39840?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39826 and 39840. After we will calculate the factors of 39826 and 39840 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39826

Prime factors of 39826 are 2, 19913. Prime factorization of 39826 in exponential form is:

39826 = 2¹ × 19913¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39840

Prime factors of 39840 are 2, 3, 5, 83. Prime factorization of 39840 in exponential form is:

39840 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 39826

List of positive integer factors of 39826 that divides 39826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19913

Step-4: Factors of 39840

List of positive integer factors of 39840 that divides 39826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 80, 83, 96, 120, 160, 166, 240, 249, 332, 415, 480, 498, 664, 830, 996, 1245, 1328, 1660, 1992, 2490, 2656, 3320, 3984, 4980, 6640, 7968, 9960, 13280, 19920

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39826 and 39840. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39826 and 39840 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39826 and 39840