What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39852 and 39864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39852 and 39864 is 12.

GCF(39852,39864) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39852 and 39864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39852 and 39864.

How to find the GCF of 39852 and 39864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39852 and 39864. After we will calculate the factors of 39852 and 39864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39852

Prime factors of 39852 are 2, 3, 41. Prime factorization of 39852 in exponential form is:

39852 = 2² × 3⁵ × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39864

Prime factors of 39864 are 2, 3, 11, 151. Prime factorization of 39864 in exponential form is:

39864 = 2³ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 39852

List of positive integer factors of 39852 that divides 39852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 41, 54, 81, 82, 108, 123, 162, 164, 243, 246, 324, 369, 486, 492, 738, 972, 1107, 1476, 2214, 3321, 4428, 6642, 9963, 13284, 19926

Step-4: Factors of 39864

List of positive integer factors of 39864 that divides 39852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 22, 24, 33, 44, 66, 88, 132, 151, 264, 302, 453, 604, 906, 1208, 1661, 1812, 3322, 3624, 4983, 6644, 9966, 13288, 19932

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39852 and 39864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39852 and 39864 is 12.

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