What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39850 and 39860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39850 and 39860 is 10.

GCF(39850,39860) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39850 and 39860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39850 and 39860.

How to find the GCF of 39850 and 39860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39850 and 39860. After we will calculate the factors of 39850 and 39860 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39850

Prime factors of 39850 are 2, 5, 797. Prime factorization of 39850 in exponential form is:

39850 = 2¹ × 5² × 797¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39860

Prime factors of 39860 are 2, 5, 1993. Prime factorization of 39860 in exponential form is:

39860 = 2² × 5¹ × 1993¹

Step-3: Factors of 39850

List of positive integer factors of 39850 that divides 39850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 797, 1594, 3985, 7970, 19925

Step-4: Factors of 39860

List of positive integer factors of 39860 that divides 39850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1993, 3986, 7972, 9965, 19930

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39850 and 39860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39850 and 39860 is 10.

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