What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39905 and 39921?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39905 and 39921 is 1.

GCF(39905,39921) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39905 and 39921, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39905 and 39921.

How to find the GCF of 39905 and 39921?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39905 and 39921. After we will calculate the factors of 39905 and 39921 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39905

Prime factors of 39905 are 5, 23, 347. Prime factorization of 39905 in exponential form is:

39905 = 5¹ × 23¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39921

Prime factors of 39921 are 3, 7, 1901. Prime factorization of 39921 in exponential form is:

39921 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1901¹

Step-3: Factors of 39905

List of positive integer factors of 39905 that divides 39905 without a remainder.

1, 5, 23, 115, 347, 1735, 7981

Step-4: Factors of 39921

List of positive integer factors of 39921 that divides 39905 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1901, 5703, 13307

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39905 and 39921. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39905 and 39921 is 1.

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