What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39844 and 39855?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39844 and 39855 is 1.

GCF(39844,39855) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39844 and 39855, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39844 and 39855.

How to find the GCF of 39844 and 39855?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39844 and 39855. After we will calculate the factors of 39844 and 39855 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39844

Prime factors of 39844 are 2, 7, 1423. Prime factorization of 39844 in exponential form is:

39844 = 2² × 7¹ × 1423¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39855

Prime factors of 39855 are 3, 5, 2657. Prime factorization of 39855 in exponential form is:

39855 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2657¹

Step-3: Factors of 39844

List of positive integer factors of 39844 that divides 39844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1423, 2846, 5692, 9961, 19922

Step-4: Factors of 39855

List of positive integer factors of 39855 that divides 39844 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2657, 7971, 13285

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39844 and 39855. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39844 and 39855 is 1.

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