What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39958 and 39965?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39958 and 39965 is 1.

GCF(39958,39965) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39958 and 39965, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39958 and 39965.

How to find the GCF of 39958 and 39965?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39958 and 39965. After we will calculate the factors of 39958 and 39965 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39958

Prime factors of 39958 are 2, 19979. Prime factorization of 39958 in exponential form is:

39958 = 2¹ × 19979¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39965

Prime factors of 39965 are 5, 7993. Prime factorization of 39965 in exponential form is:

39965 = 5¹ × 7993¹

Step-3: Factors of 39958

List of positive integer factors of 39958 that divides 39958 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19979

Step-4: Factors of 39965

List of positive integer factors of 39965 that divides 39958 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39958 and 39965. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39958 and 39965 is 1.

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