What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39943 and 39957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39943 and 39957 is 1.

GCF(39943,39957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39943 and 39957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39943 and 39957.

How to find the GCF of 39943 and 39957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39943 and 39957. After we will calculate the factors of 39943 and 39957 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 39957

Prime factors of 39957 are 3, 19, 701. Prime factorization of 39957 in exponential form is:

39957 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 701¹

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 39957

List of positive integer factors of 39957 that divides 39943 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 701, 2103, 13319

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39943 and 39957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39943 and 39957 is 1.

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