What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39832 and 39836?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39832 and 39836 is 4.

GCF(39832,39836) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39832 and 39836, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39832 and 39836.

How to find the GCF of 39832 and 39836?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39832 and 39836. After we will calculate the factors of 39832 and 39836 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39832

Prime factors of 39832 are 2, 13, 383. Prime factorization of 39832 in exponential form is:

39832 = 2³ × 13¹ × 383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39836

Prime factors of 39836 are 2, 23, 433. Prime factorization of 39836 in exponential form is:

39836 = 2² × 23¹ × 433¹

Step-3: Factors of 39832

List of positive integer factors of 39832 that divides 39832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 26, 52, 104, 383, 766, 1532, 3064, 4979, 9958, 19916

Step-4: Factors of 39836

List of positive integer factors of 39836 that divides 39832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 433, 866, 1732, 9959, 19918

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39832 and 39836. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39832 and 39836 is 4.

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