What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39943 and 39948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39943 and 39948 is 1.

GCF(39943,39948) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39943 and 39948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39943 and 39948.

How to find the GCF of 39943 and 39948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39943 and 39948. After we will calculate the factors of 39943 and 39948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39943

Prime factors of 39943 are 59, 677. Prime factorization of 39943 in exponential form is:

39943 = 59¹ × 677¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39948

Prime factors of 39948 are 2, 3, 3329. Prime factorization of 39948 in exponential form is:

39948 = 2² × 3¹ × 3329¹

Step-3: Factors of 39943

List of positive integer factors of 39943 that divides 39943 without a remainder.

1, 59, 677

Step-4: Factors of 39948

List of positive integer factors of 39948 that divides 39943 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3329, 6658, 9987, 13316, 19974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39943 and 39948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39943 and 39948 is 1.

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