What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39836 and 39842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39836 and 39842 is 2.

GCF(39836,39842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39836 and 39842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39836 and 39842.

How to find the GCF of 39836 and 39842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39836 and 39842. After we will calculate the factors of 39836 and 39842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 39842

Prime factors of 39842 are 2, 11, 1811. Prime factorization of 39842 in exponential form is:

39842 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1811¹

Step-3: Factors of 39836

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 39842

List of positive integer factors of 39842 that divides 39836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1811, 3622, 19921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39836 and 39842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39836 and 39842 is 2.

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