What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39917 and 39932?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39917 and 39932 is 1.

GCF(39917,39932) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39917 and 39932, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39917 and 39932.

How to find the GCF of 39917 and 39932?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39917 and 39932. After we will calculate the factors of 39917 and 39932 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39917

Prime factors of 39917 are 179, 223. Prime factorization of 39917 in exponential form is:

39917 = 179¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39932

Prime factors of 39932 are 2, 67, 149. Prime factorization of 39932 in exponential form is:

39932 = 2² × 67¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 39917

List of positive integer factors of 39917 that divides 39917 without a remainder.

1, 179, 223

Step-4: Factors of 39932

List of positive integer factors of 39932 that divides 39917 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 67, 134, 149, 268, 298, 596, 9983, 19966

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39917 and 39932. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39917 and 39932 is 1.

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