What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39950 and 39961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39950 and 39961 is 1.

GCF(39950,39961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39950 and 39961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39950 and 39961.

How to find the GCF of 39950 and 39961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39950 and 39961. After we will calculate the factors of 39950 and 39961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39950

Prime factors of 39950 are 2, 5, 17, 47. Prime factorization of 39950 in exponential form is:

39950 = 2¹ × 5² × 17¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39961

Prime factors of 39961 are 89, 449. Prime factorization of 39961 in exponential form is:

39961 = 89¹ × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 39950

List of positive integer factors of 39950 that divides 39950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 25, 34, 47, 50, 85, 94, 170, 235, 425, 470, 799, 850, 1175, 1598, 2350, 3995, 7990, 19975

Step-4: Factors of 39961

List of positive integer factors of 39961 that divides 39950 without a remainder.

1, 89, 449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39950 and 39961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39950 and 39961 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39950 and 39961