What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39938 and 39952?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39938 and 39952 is 2.

GCF(39938,39952) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39938 and 39952, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39938 and 39952.

How to find the GCF of 39938 and 39952?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39938 and 39952. After we will calculate the factors of 39938 and 39952 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39938

Prime factors of 39938 are 2, 19, 1051. Prime factorization of 39938 in exponential form is:

39938 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1051¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39952

Prime factors of 39952 are 2, 11, 227. Prime factorization of 39952 in exponential form is:

39952 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 39938

List of positive integer factors of 39938 that divides 39938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1051, 2102, 19969

Step-4: Factors of 39952

List of positive integer factors of 39952 that divides 39938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 176, 227, 454, 908, 1816, 2497, 3632, 4994, 9988, 19976

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39938 and 39952. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39938 and 39952 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39938 and 39952