What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39848 and 39868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39848 and 39868 is 4.

GCF(39848,39868) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39848 and 39868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39848 and 39868.

How to find the GCF of 39848 and 39868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39848 and 39868. After we will calculate the factors of 39848 and 39868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39848

Prime factors of 39848 are 2, 17, 293. Prime factorization of 39848 in exponential form is:

39848 = 2³ × 17¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39868

Prime factors of 39868 are 2, 9967. Prime factorization of 39868 in exponential form is:

39868 = 2² × 9967¹

Step-3: Factors of 39848

List of positive integer factors of 39848 that divides 39848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 293, 586, 1172, 2344, 4981, 9962, 19924

Step-4: Factors of 39868

List of positive integer factors of 39868 that divides 39848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 9967, 19934

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39848 and 39868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39848 and 39868 is 4.

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