What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39926 and 39934?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39926 and 39934 is 2.

GCF(39926,39934) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39926 and 39934, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39926 and 39934.

How to find the GCF of 39926 and 39934?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39926 and 39934. After we will calculate the factors of 39926 and 39934 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39926

Prime factors of 39926 are 2, 19963. Prime factorization of 39926 in exponential form is:

39926 = 2¹ × 19963¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39934

Prime factors of 39934 are 2, 41, 487. Prime factorization of 39934 in exponential form is:

39934 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 487¹

Step-3: Factors of 39926

List of positive integer factors of 39926 that divides 39926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19963

Step-4: Factors of 39934

List of positive integer factors of 39934 that divides 39926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 487, 974, 19967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39926 and 39934. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39926 and 39934 is 2.

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