What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39867 and 39873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39867 and 39873 is 3.

GCF(39867,39873) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39867 and 39873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39867 and 39873.

How to find the GCF of 39867 and 39873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39867 and 39873. After we will calculate the factors of 39867 and 39873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39867

Prime factors of 39867 are 3, 97, 137. Prime factorization of 39867 in exponential form is:

39867 = 3¹ × 97¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39873

Prime factors of 39873 are 3, 13291. Prime factorization of 39873 in exponential form is:

39873 = 3¹ × 13291¹

Step-3: Factors of 39867

List of positive integer factors of 39867 that divides 39867 without a remainder.

1, 3, 97, 137, 291, 411, 13289

Step-4: Factors of 39873

List of positive integer factors of 39873 that divides 39867 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39867 and 39873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39867 and 39873 is 3.

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