What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39850 and 39866?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39850 and 39866 is 2.

GCF(39850,39866) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39850 and 39866, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39850 and 39866.

How to find the GCF of 39850 and 39866?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39850 and 39866. After we will calculate the factors of 39850 and 39866 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 39866

Prime factors of 39866 are 2, 31, 643. Prime factorization of 39866 in exponential form is:

39866 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 643¹

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 39866

List of positive integer factors of 39866 that divides 39850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 643, 1286, 19933

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39850 and 39866. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39850 and 39866 is 2.

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