What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39959 and 39976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39959 and 39976 is 1.

GCF(39959,39976) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39959 and 39976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39959 and 39976.

How to find the GCF of 39959 and 39976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39959 and 39976. After we will calculate the factors of 39959 and 39976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39959

Prime factors of 39959 are 31, 1289. Prime factorization of 39959 in exponential form is:

39959 = 31¹ × 1289¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39976

Prime factors of 39976 are 2, 19, 263. Prime factorization of 39976 in exponential form is:

39976 = 2³ × 19¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 39959

List of positive integer factors of 39959 that divides 39959 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1289

Step-4: Factors of 39976

List of positive integer factors of 39976 that divides 39959 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 76, 152, 263, 526, 1052, 2104, 4997, 9994, 19988

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39959 and 39976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39959 and 39976 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 39959 and 39976