What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39914 and 39924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39914 and 39924 is 2.

GCF(39914,39924) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39914 and 39924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39914 and 39924.

How to find the GCF of 39914 and 39924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39914 and 39924. After we will calculate the factors of 39914 and 39924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39914

Prime factors of 39914 are 2, 7, 2851. Prime factorization of 39914 in exponential form is:

39914 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2851¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39924

Prime factors of 39924 are 2, 3, 1109. Prime factorization of 39924 in exponential form is:

39924 = 2² × 3² × 1109¹

Step-3: Factors of 39914

List of positive integer factors of 39914 that divides 39914 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2851, 5702, 19957

Step-4: Factors of 39924

List of positive integer factors of 39924 that divides 39914 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1109, 2218, 3327, 4436, 6654, 9981, 13308, 19962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39914 and 39924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39914 and 39924 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39914 and 39924