What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39860 and 39872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39860 and 39872 is 4.

GCF(39860,39872) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39860 and 39872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39860 and 39872.

How to find the GCF of 39860 and 39872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39860 and 39872. After we will calculate the factors of 39860 and 39872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 39872

Prime factors of 39872 are 2, 7, 89. Prime factorization of 39872 in exponential form is:

39872 = 2⁶ × 7¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 39860

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 39872

List of positive integer factors of 39872 that divides 39860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 64, 89, 112, 178, 224, 356, 448, 623, 712, 1246, 1424, 2492, 2848, 4984, 5696, 9968, 19936

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39860 and 39872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39860 and 39872 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39860 and 39872