What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39886 and 39890?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39886 and 39890 is 2.

GCF(39886,39890) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39886 and 39890, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39886 and 39890.

How to find the GCF of 39886 and 39890?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39886 and 39890. After we will calculate the factors of 39886 and 39890 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39886

Prime factors of 39886 are 2, 7, 11, 37. Prime factorization of 39886 in exponential form is:

39886 = 2¹ × 7² × 11¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39890

Prime factors of 39890 are 2, 5, 3989. Prime factorization of 39890 in exponential form is:

39890 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 3989¹

Step-3: Factors of 39886

List of positive integer factors of 39886 that divides 39886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 37, 49, 74, 77, 98, 154, 259, 407, 518, 539, 814, 1078, 1813, 2849, 3626, 5698, 19943

Step-4: Factors of 39890

List of positive integer factors of 39890 that divides 39886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 3989, 7978, 19945

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39886 and 39890. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39886 and 39890 is 2.

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