What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39902 and 39922?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39902 and 39922 is 2.

GCF(39902,39922) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39902 and 39922, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39902 and 39922.

How to find the GCF of 39902 and 39922?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39902 and 39922. After we will calculate the factors of 39902 and 39922 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39902

Prime factors of 39902 are 2, 71, 281. Prime factorization of 39902 in exponential form is:

39902 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39922

Prime factors of 39922 are 2, 19961. Prime factorization of 39922 in exponential form is:

39922 = 2¹ × 19961¹

Step-3: Factors of 39902

List of positive integer factors of 39902 that divides 39902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 281, 562, 19951

Step-4: Factors of 39922

List of positive integer factors of 39922 that divides 39902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19961

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39902 and 39922. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39902 and 39922 is 2.

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