What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39948 and 39963?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39948 and 39963 is 3.

GCF(39948,39963) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39948 and 39963, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39948 and 39963.

How to find the GCF of 39948 and 39963?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39948 and 39963. After we will calculate the factors of 39948 and 39963 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 39963

Prime factors of 39963 are 3, 7, 11, 173. Prime factorization of 39963 in exponential form is:

39963 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 39948

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 39963

List of positive integer factors of 39963 that divides 39948 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 33, 77, 173, 231, 519, 1211, 1903, 3633, 5709, 13321

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39948 and 39963. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39948 and 39963 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39948 and 39963